Word: communal
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...House atmosphere.” If students aren’t forced to contract for 21 meals per week, they will choose to eat away from their Houses much more often. And if fewer people take their meals in the dining hall, House life and communal spirit will be critically damaged. Or so the argument goes...
...heavy drinking can even lead to death. Our boys in blue did not just get involved in our tailgates out of the blue. In 2002, an intoxicated Harvard student almost died in an ambulance stuck in the tailgate mud. We all need to be safe for our individual and communal benefit. We don’t believe the level of this year’s restrictions is necessary or even that in and of itself it will lead to a marked increase in student safety. Instead, it falls upon us to act responsibly. Both for our individual safety...
Pathogen resistance The bee's genes do not give it a very powerful immune system, surprising in so communal a species. The bee has yet undiscovered ways of staying healthy...
...Thursday and Friday evenings before the Harvard-Yale game. By focusing the student body’s party-throwing energies on localized events—in the River on Thursday night, and in the Quad on Friday—the weekend’s dynamic could be one of communal celebration, involving the entire College, rather than of division, inherent in the smattering of smaller parties that traditionally takes place in the nights before The Game...
...group ran out of money when it unexpectedly had to pay $250,000 to construct a retaining wall on the property. Residents are looking for funds to complete the interior of the common house and four adjoining apartments. In the meantime, they try to keep team spirit going with communal meals about twice a month. One was recently held at the town's senior center, and residents have picnicked on the nearby Virginia Creeper Trail. At other times, there are informal meals in one another's kitchens...