Word: communalization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...East Berlin. Initially the three Indian programmers shared a furnished apartment. "When I arrived Datango had already arranged a nice, fully furnished place for us," Ajjampur said. "If they hadn't helped us, we would have been in a real mess." Eventually, Ajjampur, who is unmarried, tired of communal living. With the help of a local Indian family, he found a one-room, $265-a-month studio apartment and set up housekeeping...
BRIEF EXCHANGE Ever wonder what's underneath those Mickey and Goofy costumes at Disney World? Communal underwear, it seems. Magic Kingdom "cast members" just negotiated the right to wear their own skivvies, which they can take home and launder themselves. Under the old system, workers turned in uniforms each night, underwear and all, and got another outfit the following day. Some complained the undies were less than alpine fresh and gave them lice. Even at Disney, the world can get a little too small...
Though Fineberg is not required to detail his plans for the semester, he said he will focus on higher education and public health. The center encourages collaboration between its fellows, who eat in a communal cafeteria and play volleyball together...
...belt of metal studs, wild blond hair, these dominatrices and their two men launched into music that was described to us as “AC/DC+Guns N Roses+Blondie.” They were Halfcocked, an incredible metal rock band that single-handedly transformed the room from a communal rest stop into a musical mosh pit. The lead singer, Sarah Reitkopp, a great quickener of male pulses, thrashed and gyrated and had the audience on the edge of their seats as she led her fellow bandmates into the raucous “I Lied.” An irresistible...
...refused treatment: "I couldn't have my eye taken out." Too upset to perform guided imagery on herself, she relied on prayers and vicarious healing imagery from friends and colleagues. So far, she has survived 18 months - doctors gave her six - and is now studying the curative powers of communal prayer that she calls "transpersonal medicine...