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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...word this season for the Radcliffe heavy and lightweight crew teams is "depth...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Oarswomen Put 'Depth' to Good Use | 3/17/1989 | See Source »

More than that, however, these incidents illustrate a fundamental problem with the English language: there is no word which adequately fills the gap between "girl" and "woman." As a result, I inevitably make a fool of myself in the course of conversation when I need to refer...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: When Guys Were Guys and... | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

REFERRING to males on campus causes no such problems, thanks to the nifty little word "guy." Hip males are called "cool guys." Studious males are referred to as "geeky guys." And elitist males are called "final club members...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: When Guys Were Guys and... | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

...Palmore suggests, that Harvard undergraduates are an "unlettered rabble" who will elect "some satanic demagogue." Instead, a campus-wide election may elect a candidate who is unaware of and unprepared for the demands of the job. Leading the council may appear to be, for lack of a better word, glamorous, but the chair actually spends most of his or her time performing significant tasks like helping the six committees run smoothly, trying to put on a concert and overseeing the disbursement of $80,000 in grants...

Author: By Evan J. Mandery, | Title: Vote 'No' for a Competent Chair | 3/15/1989 | See Source »

...improve. Its members must continue to listen to students and constantly re-evaluate its efforts. The time being spent on the current referendum would be better employed considering ways to make council elections in the houses more competitive. Your representatives, not the chair, are the ones who put the word "student" in student government...

Author: By Evan J. Mandery, | Title: Vote 'No' for a Competent Chair | 3/15/1989 | See Source »

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