Word: control
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hand experience in place of television's distance, the situation only got better: celebrities were within reach, I was the devotee, the anticipation and anxiety were tangible. The impersonality of watching from a couch melted away in the midst of the bustle and excitement. I felt empowered with a control over what I saw and heard. The night was mine instead of an experience shared with millions of other people...
...tremendous concern for both men and women on campus. According to Shauna L. Shames '01, who organized the eatin, Harvard students are especially prone to eating disorders and obsession with dieting and exercise because of their perfectionist proclivities. Indeed, the eat-in, where hundreds of type-A control freaks treated themselves to an unrestrained feeding frenzy, was certainly a sight to behold...
...meat of the story begins to take shape. Hajime is happy--he opens two successful bars, has a loving wife, two children and all that, it seems, he could possibly want. But when Shimamoto suddenly shows up again, after 25 years of separation, a whirlwind of uncertainty takes control. And if the book can be considered really to say anything, it is at this point: Murakami asks us to reconsider our notions of happiness and contentment, to reevaluate the priorities and the labeling of "successes" in our lives...
...opener, Harvard took control in the second inning. Co-captain Terry Teller led of the inning with a home run, and the Crimson added two more in the frame to give it the lead for good...
McCaffrey also spoke about Clinton's report to the Congress on the 1999 National Drug Control Strategy. In recent years, the number of current drug users, as well as murders related to drugs, have dropped in the U.S., he said...