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...year is 1991. Grunge is taking an unsuspecting nation by storm in a whirlwind of angst and flannel. Teenagers everywhere are picking up second-hand instruments, penning songs on the perils of adolescence and getting into arguments with band mates. Brown graduate Damian Kulash is no exception...
...know that second-hand smoke is a Class A carcinogen,” said John G. O’Brien ’72, chief executive officer of the Cambridge Health Alliance. “All workers need to be protected from hazardous exposure to second-hand smoke...
...child, I didn’t have the money to buy my own coats, so my understanding of my coat’s cost was second-hand. Similarly, my college education is paid for mainly by my parents (the $2,000-$3,000 I earn during the year is a drop in the proverbial bucket). I cannot value Harvard (although guilt is a great motivator) simply because it is a financial burden for my parents. That one-step removal from actual earning is a substantial one; at nine, I could not comprehend that my coat represented hours of labor...
...administration fully supported our short-lived effort to arrange for Dave to come to Harvard. But when that did not work out and we presented OutKast as a second choice, they continuously questioned whether there was sufficient demand to sell out the Bright Hockey Arena, despite polling showing that OutKast was the clear favorite among students. Then they began questioning the acceptability of OutKast’s lyrics based upon second-hand internet content and rumors about the Rosa Parks case. It thus seems clear to me that administrators’ reservations were based solely on their bias against...
...Japanese are now shopping at second-hand stores; residents in upper-class districts comb through their neighbors' trash for used furniture. Potential entrepreneurs, the Akio Moritas of the future, are doomed to remain dreamers: the banking system is so swamped with the remembrance of debts past it doesn't have the money - or will - to help new businesses get off the drawing board. For the first time since the end of WW II, Japan is facing the concept of personal and corporate obsolescence. "We hope this is the bottom, but who really knows?" asks Masayuki Watanabe, a 48-year...