Word: choses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unfortunate that the HCUA chose to hang its proposal on the distinction between "date nights" and other nights. The Masters' Victorian tendency to regard women only as "dates"--that is, as silly, mindless sexual objects--has given the House System a reactionary flavor in a University which is generally progressive in its attitude toward women...
...those who chose "political responsibility" and joined the Nazis, Miss Arendt said, it was remarkably easy to adapt the "cornerstone of the new law: 'thou shalt kill.' At the very moment of its collapse, morality stood exposed in its original meaning--as mores, a set of habits which could be changed as easily as table manners...
Beyond the Pages. As satire, Monocle falls somewhat short of Jonathan Swift -who may have been the last satirist to make a decent living. But Swift and Monocle chose the same targets: politics, pettifoggery and government. "I haven't checked these figures," began Monocle's Gettysburg Address as it might have been written by Dwight Eisenhower, "but 87 years ago, I think it was, a number of individuals organized a governmental setup here in this country. I don't like to appear to take sides...
...Boylston St. intersection the five members of the MDC unanimously chose an "extended-portal" underpass that would allow Weld Boat House to remain standing. For River St. and Western Ave, they approved by a 4-1 vote 1100-foot tunnels running beneath both roads...
Once again, the savage Jeunesse of Kwilu province were on the rampage. This time the rebel killers chose the helpless little Roman Catholic mission at Makungika, 30 miles from Kikwit, the provincial capital. The attack came late one afternoon just as the mission staff-five French Canadian brothers, three Belgian Jesuit priests, five young Belgian lay teachers, and two wives-were going to the refectory for coffee...