Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vulnerable parts of the human anatomy constitutes physical torture. Mental torture, on the other hand, eats away at the human will, humiliates the spirit and causes eventual submission. The use of the rack during the Spanish Inquisition exemplifies the first type of torture, while political brainwashing is a common example of the latter...
...Harvard housing system. Take my word as someone who has experienced house life--each house is truly a microcosm of this grand cerebral melting pot we call Harvard. The houses offer students a rich store of perks--ranging from unparalleled advising resources to a bevy of senior common room professors always accessible and eager to engage residents in intellectual discourse...
Much of this concern, however, seems misdirected since course lotteries are nothing new. They have long been an inescapable nuisance and will remain so as long as students share common preferences. The real issue that must be faced is what caused the lotteries to prompt such confusion and outcry this term in particular...
...deal effectively with crime has increased the public appetite for the death penalty. Conservatives must see that this society can be hard, even implacable, against criminals without killing them. If politicians will lower their voices and quit pandering to our worst fears and baser instincts, the search for common ground can begin...
...also called vision training. The premise is simple: while eyesight is largely determined by genetics, seeing is an acquired skill, developed through practice, much like walking or swimming. Says Richard Kavner, a New York City optometrist: "The goal is to improve faulty connections between the brain and eye muscle." Common exercises include walking on a balance beam while reading a chart, completing connect-the-dot pictures and touching points in patterns that are flashed rapidly on a screen. Such training is designed to enhance the eye's focusing speed, depth perception and peripheral vision...