Word: careful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard students--who in a few years won't mind quashing friends' ambitions on the way up the corporate ladder--could care less about a physical relationship between two consenting adults...
...safe alternative and hired a baby sitter to sit with their children off to the side of the pool. Like many small ventures that emerge at the right time, the pool sitting service was so successful, the word started circulating (erroneously) that Harvard University was providing day care at the pool. Soon, too many people came with their babies, and a second sitter was hired. As an informal service, there were a few guidelines for the sitters, and some of the older toddlers, who had grown up next to the pool, were walking around the deck. Again, it was time...
There was obviously a great need for adequate child care as well as a need to guarantee the safety of the small children and the general swimming population. At this point in time, Harvard hired one "safety expert" to look at the pool and make recommendations. Addressing only the issue of safety and only the most basic assessment of pool activities, he simply said, "No more strollers." And so it stands...
...available alternative space within the athletic facility for child care...
...Magic Barrel and Idiots First long ago established his place among the best postwar American writers. This triumph was not easily won. Malamud never catered to popular tastes or expectations. His fiction was often as grim as it was enchanting. He wrote, and rewrote, slowly, with consummate care...