Word: commonality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...feel to what extent her virginity has controlled her life by filling her essay with passion. Another contributor, also writing about losing control of his life, he with the help of heroin, allows himself to take a tone that is cooler and more detached because his experience is more commonly expressed and understood. A black writer, examining the conflict he feels between his race and his middle class upbringing, writes his essay largely in the second person, thereby splitting himself in two so as to allow for a dialogue. To show indecision, another writer breaks up her essay into brief...
...last) time, I played tag in Harvard Yard, got drenched by the 2 a.m. sprinklers while coming home from the clubs and had a coffee date at Au Bon Pain in which an overhead sparrow pooped on my date. Lounging in the grass for hours after dinner was totally common-place, and napping in the afternoons was a right, not a privilege. I remained convinced that this was how my entire college experience was going...
...punch with the age question. I swear he almost fell off the ledge of his truck when hearing "almost 20." It would be interesting to find out his low ball estimate. He was 21. How perfect, someone my own age. Why, we should have lots in common...
...Soldiers, farmers and city dwellers have thrown themselves into the battle to shore up dikes, save lives and repair the damage, creating scenes reminiscent of the idealistic propaganda images of the 1950s. The floods remind the Chinese that even in an everyone-for-themselves market economy they share a common destiny; a destiny which they are able to shape by acting as a community...
...Number One, with no safety net to fall back on. Not surprisingly, that prospect has created deep anxiety and uncertainty among many Chinese. But the dramatic flooding of the mighty Yangtze River in recent weeks has allowed Beijing to reassure citizens that the spirit of pulling together for the common good remains very much alive...