Word: attendant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dartmouth, because it runs on a year-round session, requires rising juniors to attend classes during the summer. In return, students are expected to spend one term of their choice away from school...
...once had a conversation with a Korean girl who verbally assaulted me for "repudiating" my heritage because I had chosen to write for a newspaper, not major in math or science, and not attend Korean student meetings. In a sense she was right, because those students who choose to pursue a more mainstream four years here end up leaving much of their ethnic heritage behind. People who want to become mainstream do not want to appear different to their peers, so they don't pursue ethnic contacts or activities...
...still alive and kicking") and then into a frenzy of storytelling ("an attempt to put off the end with words"). He resuscitates Oskar of The Tin Drum, now nearing 60 and the head of a film and videocassette production company, and sends him on a trip to Poland to attend his grandmother's 107th birthday party. He revives the plot and premise of The Flounder and sets five women in charge of a sailing barge on the Baltic Sea, ostensibly testing for the stultification of that body of water by jellyfish pollution but really looking for the underwater feminist city...
...addition, students can learn ethics through the moral leadership of the university they attend. Bok, among others, has argued that the way institutions address their own ethical challenges can set an example for its students to learn from. But does that mean that students who attend Columbia, which has decided to divest its holdings in South Africa, are receiving a better ethical education than Harvard students...
South Korea fears a Pyongyang boycott because it would increase the chances for violent incidents at the Olympics. Shortly before the start of last year's Asian Games, which North Korea refused to attend, a bomb that authorities believe was the work of North Korean agents exploded at Seoul's Kimpo Airport, killing five people and injuring more than 30. The hope is that if the Soviets and other Communist nations attend the Seoul Games, Pyongyang will avoid causing similar bloody disruptions...