Word: casuals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cocaine simply a public health concern. Coke users increasingly indulge their habit in casual defiance of the law. The very possession of cocaine is illegal in every state and a felony in 33. Possible sentences range widely, from a $3,000 fine in Delaware or 90 days in jail in West Virginia to life in prison in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New York and Texas; federal law provides for up to a year in prison. The penalties for dealers are, of course, stiffer; they can get a life sentence in twelve states and up to 15 years if convicted on federal...
General Galtieri's deservedly abyssmal reputation and the clearly aggressive nature of the Argentine action made the casting of the villain in the Falklands war a fairly easy task for the casual Western observer; the sight of the British fleet steaming away from Portsmouth Harbor to the defense of this last vestige of the Empire made choosing the hero similarly uncomplicated. Behind this simplistic facade, however, lay a hundred years of British foot-dragging and neglect, and a tangled web of alliances and implications that involved North America as well as Europe and which will continue to reverberate through...
Throughout the day, students meander in for a quick cup of coffee and a cigarette or for a casual talk with their classmates. Students say that without the Commons, there would be no way for students to get to know each other outside the classroom; because most Ed School students live off-campus with their families and study at home, along with holding part-or full-time jobs, the Commons enables them to gossip about their classes, to share previous experiences, or simply to study together in a convenient locale outside of the library...
...annual spring-break migration; some 300,000 are expected to visit this year over a six-week stretch. Other Florida beach towns have pressed their bid for the youth market, most notably Fort Lauderdale, setting for a frothy, 1960s-era movie, Where the Boys Are. But Daytona's casual, pro-student atmosphere and wide, drive-on beach have made it the site of both Expo America MusicFest and College Expo, events that combine the hard sell of a trade show with the good-time excitement of a carnival. College Expo ran for five days last week and attracted...
...happens every year. As seniors begin the transition from students to alumni, the attitude of the Harvard Corporation towards its graduating class shifts from casual indifference to solicitous warmth. This year's Senior Gift drive marks the beginning of the Corporation's interest in the Class of 1983. From here on out. Harvard will expect each one of us to give, regularly and generously, to its endowment fund. The irony here is that, during our undergraduate years, the President and Fellows have systematically denied us any say in the way Harvard money is spent--and invested...