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...accurate names for objects, groups, and people. I count myself among the legions of women often responsible for propelling the use--some say overuse--of politically correct speech. These days, I go about passionately correcting any sort of gender bias I hear in the language around me. Even my Discman has become a Discperson. While I may occasionally go to the extreme, I truly believe that gender-neutral words can and will promote gender-neutral thinking...
During that period, a car Discman, a TV/VCR, and Sony Boom Box valued at $338.99 were removed from a locked office in Pound Hall. Pound Hall houses administrative offices for the Law School...
...Hills for two hours: three people on my floor have gone. Off to work in morning two more have left. To the dining hall for dinner, the last half of my floor completely wiped out. All without a trace. Just empty rooms left unlocked. Not even some Sony discman or scientific calculator mistakenly left behind for me to remember them...
...Earth, Wind and Fire. Sounds from a softer, more soulful era, now on display as curiosities. In an era of DATs and New Jacks, such scenes have a poignant, out-of-touch, Willy Loman quality to them. You amble by and perhaps turn up the volume on your Sony Discman...
After another coffee break (don't want to fall asleep during an inner journey), we had another try at mediation. For this session I sat on the floor rather than in my chair, and had more success. Despite their suits and their Discman, Steve and Larry did seem to be onto something...