Word: constant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...imperative. The second law, more subtle but no less important, is the value of proportion, of balance, what the French call mesure. Ideally, any gardener would like to serve nature, to participate and share in her mysteries, but he soon learns that nature as such is a constant state of aggression and destruction. Each plant reseeds itself a hundred times too often, and each garden struggles to become a weed patch. When we first dig into a terrain that we plan to make a garden, we assume the role of philosopher-king. While we learn that we cannot conquer nature...
Everyone thinks the '60s was glorious, non-stop politics. But the '60s took 10 years to happen. Often we felt that we were in the margins. The movement was a constant search, we were looking for some way to act with integrity and effect. It was not all bigtime jamborees...
Despite the interests they share, each occupies a unique place within the group. Elby is something of a clown, whose refusal to feel embarrassment, no matter what the situation, is a constant source of both amusement and consternation to his roommates. Stone is the most sedate, and observers describe him as the group's stabilizer. Martin and Salovaara occupy a middle ground, the former tending to be more cynical, the latter more outgoing. "I think that Erik and I have to take a bit of credit for loosening Nick up a bit, getting him a bit more lecherous," Elby says...
...former resident expressed another constant: "None of the people who lived here then or now are into being Harvard grads." he said. "They are more into doing things and changing the world...
...footing with their male counter parts. Instead, the very existence of Radcliffe continues to impede that equality. For students of the 1980s, Radcliffe seems a mere vestige of the days of forced eclusion and blatant gender discrimination. Discrimination is illegal, Harvard accepts women, and female students don't need constant reminders that they weren't always treated as fairly...