Word: fabricating
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...enormous bronze clipper ship or the statue or hand-lasted shoe to commemorate New England's economic contributions to America would go a long ways toward livening up the Yard--but I question whether Christo's desire to "re-envision" everyday structure by enfolding them in sensuously undulating fabric is truly appropriate to an institution devoted precisely to propping up our nation's "everyday structures...
Punk rock seemed to erupt from the dour social fabric of recessionary Britain in the mid-1970's. The blasphemous music was loud and furious, the clothes and hair were ripped and dishevelled, and the pioneering Sex Pistols lasted less than ten months...
Multiculturalism is one of the most politically charged and ubiquitous buzzwords bandied about in academia today. The underlying concept represents the attempt to weave a social fabric more just than the one we now wear. Unfortunately, current efforts to establish a more diverse curriculum will only produce a more ethnically charged and divisive atmosphere...
...structure not for any purpose so much as to revel in it for its sake. Modern authors like Calvino use a similar framework to lay bare all the peculiar social and intellectual conventions of reading , to strike at the very heart of our understanding of narrative, to unravel the fabric of reality-to bring the universe of perception to its knees. Schami uses it because it's cool and exotic...
Doing laundry at Harvard is not an easy business. It seems simple enough: Amass clothing. Put clothing in machine. Add detergent, fabric softener and more loose change than you ever dreamed possible. Go away...