Word: facet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...article presented just one facet of the abundant case the Board has amassed in its audit of Campbell's administration. Throughout the semester, he proved unreliable, inefficient and apathetic to the Board's various ventures and travails. When confronted about his consistent absenteeism, he would often lash out unexpectedly with offensive language and personal attacks on other Board members. The Board had little choice but to give him repeated second chances, as we were in the process of restructuring and could not afford such an upheaval...
Yale's policy is similar to one facet ofPrinceton's plan, which ignores the first $90,000of home equity in calculating expected familycontribution. Princeton also replaces needierstudents' loans with outright grants...
...question is: If losing weight is the least enjoyed facet of the sport, why are wrestlers losing their lives to do it? Perhaps the answer lies in the reason that most young men become involved in wrestling: they have a deep-seated desire to win. The same rugged individualism within a team atmosphere that allows them to emerge from a match victoriously, chains them to the necessary evils of the game. This situation leaves the weight of the world on their shoulders...
...stunned Crimson found itself down 14 points at half, having been outplayed in nearly every facet of the game...
George Washington Cable and Kate Chopin, literary figures destined to win fame for tales they would set in Louisiana, both lived in this New Orleans. Benfey frequently summarizes their work or utilizes their personal experiences to highlight some facet of life in the city, as suggested by his book's subtitle, "Encounters in the Creole World of Kate Chopin and George Washington Cable." A host of other characters parade through the book as well; in aristocratic Creole New Orleans three or even two degrees of separation applied. Benfey delves into this byzantine web of relationships with zest, retrieving kernels...