Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then I arrived at Harvard and met people who liked the color black and who smoked imported cigarettes--none of this domestic cowboy Marlboro crap. They understood--really understood--James Joyce on a first reading. I met a girl named Anastasia who had a vaguely European-sounding accent and had spent the last four years studying in Paris, London, Madrid, Rome, Venice, Florence, Sydney and other assorted exotic cities. She wore a mauve beret and it actually looked good...
Down the stairs into the dark, smoky, vaguely Spanish atmosphere of Cafe Pamplona. It is crowded. The small, round tables are filled with eclectic groupings--several European-looking men sit alone, smoking and staring reflectively. Their coffee cups are perched on stacks of papers. I imagine the manuscript of their latest play, or the translation of a Marguerite Duras novel...
...borrow a European soccer phrase, the Crimson looked "sick as a parrot" in yesterday's men's soccer contest against Hartford...
Harvard's foreign contingent got a taste of home in yesterday's contest as the officials ran the clock European style--adding on minutes at the close of the half to make up for injuries and Hartford stalls...
Voice of America, a news service aimed at Eastern European and Soviet audiences, earned respect with decades of solid reporting. Under the Reagan Administration, however, Voice has become a mouthpiece for White House ideology...