Word: bloomings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last week, in that spacious Rancho Santa Fe mansion, with the bougainvillaea in full bloom outside, 39 bodies were laid out on their backs on bunk beds and mattresses, looking like so many laboratory specimens pinned neatly to a board. Each was dressed in black pants, flowing black shirt, spanking-new black Nikes. Their faces were hidden by purple cloths, shrouds the purple of Christian penance. Those who wore glasses had them neatly folded next to their body, and all, helpfully, had identification papers for the authorities to find. The house, more than one awed witness noted, was immaculate, tidier...
Though some great poets have written otherwise, March is the cruelest month. With each passing day, the promise of warmer temperatures is snuffed out by the biting winds that nip at our faces. Even as trees and flowers seem ready to bloom, snow and ice stubbornly linger on the ground...
When the Assistant Dean first took office last January, she described her theory of undergraduate public service as "letting a thousand flowers bloom." While we heartily support the encouragement of public service initiatives, we fear it is being done at the expense of organizational identity and existing programs...
...fans may be worried that she's missing out on conventional stardom, but Posey isn't. "I get a phone call, I get a script, I do the movie. That's where the fun is." And we'll have fun watching her bloom in indie films--if she can afford...
...have school by daily plebiscite with creationists and evolutionists, liberals and conservatives, condom givers and abstinence advocates, prayer sayers and secularists playing out their agendas. If parents aren't willing to go in the other direction and collectively trust teachers to teach and discipline, a thousand little Johnnies will bloom and destroy what remains of public education. Say goodbye to Mr. Chips and all that, and hello to 40 substitute teachers (parents) in every classroom...