Word: dismissals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Events like the shooting didn't happen 20 years ago, much less 50 years ago. But they are less a reflection of kids these days than they are of the society as a whole. And we should not dismiss the shooting at Columbine a random occurrence. The recent plague of school shootings is evidence of the fact that this tragedy wasn't random at all, only that it could have happened anywhere...
...dismiss new stadiums as gimmicky misrepresentations of stadiums...
Before you dismiss my classmate as a disgruntled cynic, let me tell you that well-liked, upbeat person has spent the past four years in the company of a very happy group of friends-and let me remind you that no true cynic would volunteer for the Senior Gift. Yet what my classmate said was striking in its accuracy, and it made all of us pause to wonder. What, really, will be the legacy of the Class...
...unlike Douglas' case, in which more than 140 Faculty members deliberated for over an hour before voting to dismiss him, yesterday's closed-door session lasted less than 15 minutes...
When the vote to dismiss Douglas came before the Faculty, five professors introduced a motion to lessen his punishment to simply a requirement to withdraw for five years. No such motion was made for Elster yesterday...