Word: curious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...find most curious the assertion that my attitude was "selfish." At the beginning of the class, I stated that I would speak for only 25 to 30 minutes, and I asked those in the room. as a matter of courtesy, to stay for the entire period. The courtesy was not only to me but to others in the room, whose attention was disrupted when others stood up to pass them, go out, etc. I said, jokingly, that one could consider this authoritarian, if one was radical; a matter of civility, if one was conservative; and a social contract...
...rather more than a year the Crimson has reported and supported a campaign, first to dissociate the College from the Final Clubs and, now, to persuade students that membership in them is dishonorable. Given the modest role of the Clubs in the life of the College, they seem a curious target for such sustained reformist zeal. It is hard to resist the suspicion that a pinch of self-righteousness and a dollop of envy are amongst the campaigners' motivations...
...Make it quick, Old Man. I've got a date with my girl." You listen to him swing from the bottle and feel a white sheet flutter down around your neck. You look at the sheet, the curious bloodstains...
Elsewhere along the flight line the curious pressed the flesh of pilots, peered in bomb bays, pretended to be tail gunners. "How does she handle in a cross wind...
These ex-prisoners participate in the tutoring for a variety of reasons. "A lot are really curious about the tutoring," says Hung. "They haven't had much schooling, and the GED is a major goal for them...