Word: drearier
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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After the death of Full Moon on the Quad, an illustrious 19th-century tradition where seniors would make out with freshmen under the first full moon of the year, due to swine flu concerns, another Stanford party may soon die from budget cuts. Stanford is suddenly getting drearier...
...spending itself. As always, there will be winners and losers; it's impossible to stimulate everyone equally. In two years, if the recession is over, skeptics will claim it would have ended regardless of the stimulus. If it lingers, proponents will credit the stimulus for preventing a drearier outcome. As with the first round of the financial bailout, its most important short-term effect will probably be psychological, calming markets by sending a message of government engagement...