Word: cut
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stair wizard who knew about the problem and was on the task: stairs, in two or three flights, with rust-proof hand rails on both sides. I would like to say he knows how many college students sleepily trudge up the hill after a movie in an effort to cut vital seconds off the time to the T station, perhaps the difference between a long empty train welcoming them home and shelling out the money...
From the "backyard smokehouse," the uninspired BBQ Chicken and Rib Combo ($10.95), with the choice of three sauces, featured a great cut of meat. But should ribs really be a one-napkin dish...
...Jacuzzi was out. With the help of Christmas giving I began my quest for just the right accouterments. Wine, bottle opener and glasses came first. Then I went for high quality tobacco. (I don't smoke; it's like the toaster oven--just for show.) Then I got fresh-cut flowers, and paper-white perennials to add a feminine touch. The next phase attacked the lighting, an often-ignored aspect of interior design. My blue Christmas lights circling the ceiling and numerous candles have encouraged lots of Hugh Hefner jokes from visitors. But that's the look I wanted...
...patterns abound on Cornell's dresses and linens alike. This spring's best-selling dress is pale violet with a creamy white magnolia bloom and green stemmed print. Long, loose, and rayon with small horizontal pleats across the chest, it sells for $69. Most dresses share a similar style, cut generously to be what Shull describes as "comfortable and functional." Cornell also carries remarkably cute children's clothing. A girl's play dress in the yellow, blue and green "Fields of Clover" pattern has alternating yellow and blue buttons down the front and comes with a doll wearing the same...
Campus activists want to cut at the roots any semblance of rising anti-progressive sentiment because they know they are in the distinct minority at Harvard. Disregarding the political leanings of Harvard students, which are decidedly leftward, those who only want to get to "medical school or Wall Street" (Green's rough synonym for "ignorant immoralists") easily constitute a majority of students, a decidedly apathetic majority. Lacking numbers, the minority of activists knows they are finished if they lose their supposed moral authority and their (still) overwhelming public prominence...