Word: actualizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other remarks he has ever made publicly. When Professor Tony Martin came to speak on The Bell Curve, Hillel protested based on previous remarks he had made about Jews. Since I understand McGuire's Latin Address within the context of his other speech, the address's actual content is less relevant to my response...
...address two legal questions as well: Did the Wilsons "knowingly" hire an illegal immigrant, even though such hiring was not prohibited by law at that time? (No, says Davies: Even though Wilson was mayor of San Diego at the time, neither he nor his wife, who did the actual hiring, knew of Klag's undocumented status.) Did Wilson himself owe back Social Security taxes? (Yes, says Davies: "Because you and Betty shared a household, you share the liability for failure to withhold Social Security taxes prior to your separation...
Biggest Surprise: Waterworld, the $200 quillion sump that has sucked in Kevin Costner, Universal Pictures and director Kevin Reynolds -- who recently walked off the production, leaving the final editing to Costner and others. It might actually be an entertaining movie. such, at least, is the accumulated wisdom to be gleaned from watching not the actual summer movies-that would be cheating! -- but the films' trailers. Hollywood will be spending more than $2 billion to make and market 50 or so pictures between now and summer's end, and the moguls want you to want to see what they...
...strange, then, that the words "reading period" should bear absolutely no resemblance to their actual meaning. It used to be that a Harvard reading period was a time for students to read additional, enjoyable books their professors assigned; the purpose was for students to take a break from run-of-the-mill coursework. As nice as that may sound, that time is long gone. During modern reading periods, students not only do not read for enjoyment, they don't read...
Late at night, having an actual human being in the vicinity is much more comforting than a telephone and more likely to discourage potential criminals from operating in the area. The mere knowledge that there were guards in the houses all night would not only make the students returning home feel more comfortable, but would also insure that potentially dangerous people did not sneak into the houses...