Word: casualness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...communications problem. It is not about a woman's having regrets in the morning for a decision she made the night before. It is not about a "decision" at all. Rape is rape, and any form of forced sex -- even between neighbors, co-workers, classmates and casual friends -- is a crime...
Once he erased it, all the strands of our foreign policies knotted together. Self-interest rose to the defense of our oil supply. Saddam's treatment of Kuwait and his casual lobbing of Scuds into Israel stirred Bush to outrage. Our diplomats had rounded up a sheaf of United Nations resolutions to give Operation Desert Storm a firm foundation of paper...
...Kirkland residents are bothered by the changing house character. "There are fewer football players, it's noticeable," says John Marshall '91. "But I don't think the attitude is different. We're a lot more casual about the whole college thing...
...house known for its anything-but-casual atmosphere may be losing its distinctive environment, too. several residents of Eliot House agree that change has taken place there...
...think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyrick, and not to be known from one another but by extrinsick and casual circumstances...