Word: clingingly
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Davis questioned the tendency of black civil rights leaders to cling to the 1960s rather than moving ahead into the next century...
...Harvard, the daily interaction of students in classes, athletics and extracurricular activities tends to promote a very diverse atmosphere. However, students of the same ethnic group often tend to cling together and form communities which may be insular. Minority students in particular often seek to congregate in order to develop cultural bonds in a larger social setting which is often unfamiliar and sometimes hostile to them. One reason the Interethnic Day of Service was a good idea is that it facilitated interaction between students of various ethnicities...
...scandal that ensued and obviously a sucker for a rattling good (if wildly improbable) yarn, writer-director Barry Levinson proceeded with his screen adaptation of the story. In doing what a filmmaker must do--strip a book to its narrative essence--he has perhaps resolved whatever controversy may still cling to Carcaterra's work. We now see clearly that the author's primary source wasn't life but movies...
...Radcliffe is going to be anything more to most students than a free t-shirt at registration and an extra signature on women's diplomas, it must move beyond its recent reorganization, continuing to redefine itself in the coming years. Instead of using a bloated bureaucracy to cling to its past, it must focus on serving Harvard students in the future. Only then will it continue to play a valuable role in the University community...
...Delvena Theatre Company's production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" climaxes expertly in a strangely heartening final scene, the game "Bringing up Baby." Stripped and exposed, Martha and George cling to each other, their future a possibility but their solitude a reality...