Word: closeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Students studying in foreign cities say that adjusting to the social atmosphere abroad can demand an effort beyond that required by the close-knit community of American schools. Students at foreign schools are generally more independent of their Universities, socializing with friends they made before college...
...close friend of mine studying mathematics at the Erdos Institute in Hungary for the semester, an accomplished polyglot in Romance languages, never managed to master more than the rudiments of the Finno-Urdic language of the Magyars. The first word came when my friend was sitting in a cafe. The waiter hushed patrons to listen to a radio report. "Belgrade," he said, and blew a cartoon explosion through his teeth. Over Wednesday afternoon, as the first reports of NATO attacks filtered in, the city became a menacing presence, its attitude towards the NATO action impossible to pin down. There were...
...matter what, Brown and possibly theUNH-Minnesota winner will have to tangle with aCrimson team that, if the statistics are correct,is the most talented and deepest in the country.Based on its recent close wins, Harvard alsoappears to have the knack to pull out the victory...
...Tuesday, the Crimson sought revenge against the Eagles for an unfortunate 5-4 loss last fall, and revenge was what it got. A close singles loss and tough doubles loss did not affect Harvard's chances at winning, as the Crimson dominated Boston College...
Sophomore Sanaz Ghazal suffered a loss for the first match of the day, a close battle in three sets. She started off strongly, winning the first set 6-4 but falling in the next two sets...