Word: disturbance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent Republican assault against the direct student lending program makes me sick, and it should also disturb every student who has to borrow money to attend college. In fact, every taxpayer should be offended by the Republicans' latest mischief--it will waste billions of dollars. This wasted money will end up in the pockets of banks, guarantee agencies and other lending institutions that profit from federal government subsidies of student loans...
Then, in not so hushed tones, Olivia inquired as to the state of her lover's new bed. I had obviously overestimated B.C.'s Catholicism and underestimated the pervasiveness of potent American sexuality. Such flagrant sexual intimacy has come to disturb every aspect of life here, in the process turning the college bar into a giant back seat; moving X rated movies to the R section, likening Madonna to Marilyn. Our culture has come to reflect our sex life as an exhibitionist porn-show...
...that this bell is very dear to the administration; after all, if it didn't ring regularly how would they know when to go to the bathroom? However, I don't think it's too much to ask the College to eliminate pre-noon bonging, so as not to disturb sleep deprived students...
...Although director Oliver Stone obviously seeks to lay bare the media-crazy, hyped-up, and knocked-down society we live in, we begin to question his methods when his satire goes too far. With alarmingly fast-paced cuts, murders flicker by in the blink of an eye, only to disturb, perhaps deeply, just moments later. The cry of "That's the point!" can only go so far in defending movies that, in truth, are pounding the point--and the viewer--into the ground...
...Quincy's dining hall is completely isolated," Stafford said. "[It's] a place that doesn't disturb a lot of people. Not many people understand the limited space for social events...