Word: casualize
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...benefits. A major advantage of the sophomore advising system is that it exists within the context of the Houses. Resident tutors, each with their own academic interests, eat and live among students and are constantly available to them for advice, be it on a formal or casual basis. Even if a sophomore is assigned to a tutor who is a biology graduate student, he or she can easily ask a resident tutor in romance languages (or upperclassman, for that matter) for advice on which Spanish course to choose. The wealth of experience and knowledge readily available in each House...
...Long Shot Candidate Hunting season is open on Mike Huckabee In the bizzaro universe of presidential politics, it was something of a compliment when former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney made a seemingly casual swipe at a back-of-the-pack rival during a recent Iowa television interview. Mike Huckabee, he declared, had supported "special tuition breaks to the children of illegal immigrants...
...Starbury brand has helped raise the Steve & Barry's profile. The retailer is known for its cheap casual and college-themed clothes and was looking for a way into athletic footwear when it got word that Marbury also wanted to market an inexpensive shoe. The privately held company had 120 outlets before the Starburys launched; it will have 270 by year-end. Its president, Andy Todd, admits margins are "tight" on a $15 sneaker, but the company controls costs by spending little on advertising, for example--letting the stars generate the buzz...
...Christianity as warm and maternal. Similarly, in spiritual poems like “Death Poem,†“The Afterlife Poem†and “To my soul (2),†the heavy issues of death and the afterlife are made simple and casual. In “To my soul (2),†Valentine addresses her soul and simply ponders whether or not she will miss it in the next life. Beautifully ending the poem with a comparison of the relationship she once had with her soul to the ordinary but poetic?...
...really, who has time to watch a whole baseball game nowadays? Especially as national networks take over for playoff broadcasts, games are getting so long that they rarely end on the same day they began. Major League Baseball should be happy that its postseason can inspire solidarity among even casual observers (the cons of the “bandwagon†aside). But when fandom requires such a time commitment, it scares all but the truly obsessed away from bonding over a game...