Word: deemed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could only have dreamed of until now. We could have selected an equally good class from the pool of applicants we rejected. But we didn't. We chose you. Go, then, and fulfill our hopes for you; take advantage of every opportunity you can by whichever means you deem necessary (within reason, please), and when you're done and you've seen how fantastic we really are, give us money as a show of appreciation, so we can continue to deliver this message for another three and a half centuries. Good luck, and don't cry. It might get worse...
...violence. Trouble is, so do many kids, but for the opposite reason. For some of them, violence rules. That's why game ratings imposed by the RECREATIONAL SOFTWARE ADVISORY COUNCIL, bottom left, are mocked by gamers; RSAC's website-ratings system hasn't fared much better. Other systems simply deem certain games "teen" or "mature"--but as most families know, maturity is graded on a sliding scale...
Certainly Monk is not the first to deem this ground holy, as any number of euphoric pre-frosh wandering around last weekend demonstrated. But one of the hallmarks of the performance was Monk's uncanny ability to infuse the everyday with a simple, unadorned spirituality. The Service, according to Monk's literature, "celebrates the universal quest for spirituality" with a mixture of seemingly simple choral chants, organ music, processionals and poems that span both history and religion. With the combination of these differing elements Monk successfully avoids the always enticing "universal answer for spirituality" so popular with televangalists...
...always wanted to serve my country and what they're saying is equating national service, which I deem honorable, with definite evils," he adds...
...always wanted to serve my country and what they're saying is equating national service, which I deem honorable, with definite evils," he adds...