Word: commiting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most Amish teenagers negotiate rumschpringes safely and grow into adulthood newly eager to commit to the strictures of the church. "They see emptiness" in the English world, says Steven Scott, a research assistant who studies Amish adolescents at Elizabethtown College. "The thrills are not really satisfying. The stability in the Amish community looks more worthwhile." But drugs may change all that. How long can stability last if Time Out lets...
...lower my cholesterol without medication and asks about my diet. While I generally stay away from red meat and eat mostly fish, chicken, vegetables and salads, I confess a weakness for cheese, potato chips and butter on all sorts of things. Moore wonders if I am ready to "commit"--as she says--to eliminating cheese and chips and cutting down on butter. Reluctantly...
Officials will commit to few other details about next fall's changes. The worry remains that, without a dire drop in admissions yield, the University might only be as generous as it needs...
Each year, one or two students commit suicide at the College, and although that matches the national average, friends and classmates are left wondering how no one noticed...
...Down the road," Miller said, it is importantfor Harvard to commit itself to an official policychange, to eliminate headaches for parents and aidofficers alike...