Word: ages
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fail to see the logic in why the person writing the editorial thinks it is a waste of time for the police to enforce the law. It is illegal for anyone undex 21 to purchase or attempt to purchase alcohol. It is also illegal for anyone of age to buy for someone underage...
...dislike honor in this most democratic age; it smacks of royalty and nobility. It conjures images of deserved distinction, that inequality most hated by egalitarians. We agree with the sports agent: take the money and run-it's all that matters. But is it? Do we, and should we, place something like honor over physical safety and material luxury...
...aside from the national pastime, all the proper elements seem to be in place. So what's missing? Not surprisingly, Costner himself is the weak link. His tried-and-true brand of look-at-me-I'm-cute acting doesn't wear well on a man his age. And even if he had one, he would need more than a pretty face to pull off a role intended to elevate the mailcarrier to hero status...
Damrosch further suggests that Harvard cannot take the chance of tenuring someone of Jeff Masten's relatively young age, but it seems to me entirely debatable which constitutes the greater risk in a lifetime appointment: the young but widely respected scholar who shows ever indication of continued intellectual growth over the long term, or the scholar recognized as a mature authority in a given field who resists new modes of working in or thinking about that field. Harvard does boast a number of senior Faculty who continue to be vital and innovative in their teaching and scholarship. Nevertheless, its anomalous...
According to the advisory, the graduate student's assailant is a tall dark-skinned black male, age 25-30, who weighs about 200 pounds...