Word: expression
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unfortunately, this is the wrong framework. Both sides, those who espouse "earned apathy" and those who express righteous indignation at them, have it wrong--the former because they think we should only be concerned about ourselves and the latter because they foolishly wish they had something tragic to fight about. The argument between the activists and the apathetics, if you will, is over the principle of action, and not action itself...
...Dartboard are devastated by the imminent departure of Structure and Express, the Armani and Donna Karan of the college set, from their perch in Brattle Square. In their place comes Abercrombie & Fitch, a store with an improving image, but still a bit too granola--with too many "big shirts"--for our taste...
Abercrombie's apparel is functional, but all that flannel smacks of Middelbury, Amherst and Williams, not the sophisticated image we in the Square like to maintain. More importantly, without local access to Express, where will the clubhoppers among us buy their form-fitting black pants and satin camisoles...
...impact of rape on the lives of rape survivors goes beyond the time it takes to utter the word "rape." Four letters cannot possibly communicate the pain from the slaps, the hair pulling and the slamming of my head against a wall. They do not express the feeling of suffocation from being pinned down by someone 100 pounds heavier than me. The word does not begin to describe the month of pain and bleeding, the days of constant nausea and vomiting, the flashbacks and nightmares or the stress, anger, hurt and fear...
...Neill was the consummate deal maker, brokering compromises on tough issues within his own party. And O'Neill was not afraid to express his opinions, even when they split the district...