Word: commons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many, those kind of practical disincentives work against the commitment to public service. High loan payments and a lack of experience in common pro bono fields discourage young attorneys from taking the extra effort to provide the poor with legal...
...around 10:20 p.m., a projectile broke the plate glass window, spewing glass all over the common room and on the back of a student watching television there, witnesses said. The student, who was cut on the ear and the back, went to University Health Services but said the wounds were not serious and did not require stitches...
Somebody threw an unknown object from DeWolfe St. at Quincy House last night, breaking a large third-floor common room window and slightly injuring one student resident...
...liberal friends love to theorize about what "false consciousness" drives rural Southerners to vote in opposition to their class interests. "The Democrats are the party of the common man, right? Why don't those rednecks vote for us? Ah, it must be the racism...
...telephone per person would be the only fair arrangement. There are only two catches: our various phones are extensions of only one line, so unlike our bedrooms, they can only be used one at a time. And somehow, we ended up deciding to put another extension in the common room (to go with the answering machine). So if you believe there's power in numbers, then the phones have the power in our room...