Word: americanizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Binge drinking is not a new phenomenon on American college campuses. The presence of the Sheriff of Middlesex County at the head of the academic processions in Harvard Yard was traced by President Neil L. Rudenstine to the need to control drunk and disorderly behavior at graduations in colonial times. The tradition of heavy alcohol use by college students is part of the history of most institutions. Listen to almost any college song, and you are bound to hear about young men hoisting their beer mugs in tribute to their alma mater. Colleges have had a long-term affair with...
...Sunday afternoon when I met the young trio of actors who fill out the second generation in the cast of American Beauty. Certainly, I could have picked the three, um, American beauties out of a lineup--all striking examples of uncommon poise. Petite and chatty, Mena Suvari (teenage lust object Angela Hayes in the film) appeared with a surprisingly modest brunette dye job which only partially belied the model-quality good looks that garnered her roles in both "American" movies this summer, both this one and American Pie. With unshaven, not-quite-ratty stubble that gave him the look...
...Harvard Crimson: You know, the first thing that struck me when I saw the film was: my god, what a fantastic, witty screenplay this must have seemed when you first came across it. What went through your minds when you first got involved with American Beauty...
...says that although in theory, he understands the arguments against ethnic studies as a department, right now, "American studies doesn...
Henry Rosovosky, who was then a professor of economics and would later be dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, chaired the faculty committee that recommended Afro-American studies become an interdisciplinary program...