Word: younger
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...fragments of forks and other food-related items evidenced a time when Harvard life was divided sharply by socio-economic class. As a rarity in 17th century America, the pronged utensil was used to convey family wealth and extravagance. Other items showed the abandoned Harvard custom wherein younger students served upperclassmen their meals on a twice-daily basis. The exhibit’s final theme, “Rule (Breaking) and Religion,” established unapproved behavior as a long-standing temptation for Harvard undergraduates. Gold buttons and pewter jewelry, dug from the dirt between Matthews and Grays, showed...
...last decade or so, Americans’ faith in the electoral exercises had eroded and their attendance at the polls dwindled, especially among the younger generations uninspired by the civil superstitions of their fathers. Political apathy had so afflicted the nation that, leading up to the 2004 election, many commentators speculated, in apocalyptic tones, that depressed voter-turnout and a dying faith in democracy would become permanent features of our commonwealth...
...against Penn and Princeton on Friday and Saturday, falling 3-2 both times. Though the Crimson (9-15, 4-8 Ivy) produced flashes of brilliance at times and executed well on offense, the Quakers (11-11, 7-3) and Tigers (16-3, 10-1) proved too much for a younger Harvard team. “We played point-for-point [with Penn and Princeton] a lot of times,” Crimson coach Jennifer Weiss said. “We really had them on the ropes. Friday night, it was a matter of a couple of blocks, and with Princeton...
...lives of at least some of the 17 million people who die of heart disease every year. The first transplant patients will likely be the critically ill, who currently receive existing artificial hearts as end-of-life treatments, but Carpentier expects his new heart to be tested increasingly in younger heart patients whose bodies may be in better shape to recover from an artificial-organ transplant - and resume a relatively normal lifestyle...
...will go to someone else: On the day after Obama's Nov. 4 victory, Powell told reporters that he has not been asked nor does he plan to return to government service, preferring to instead leave the new Cabinet open to a younger generation...