Word: fitting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fact that it may have interfered with the social plans of freshmen and upperclassmen who have better things to do on the weekend than read the literature of the Society for Creative Anachronism, there was the added problem that it gets dark at night. About half the organizations represented fit beneath the lighted tent in front of Lamont, and freshmen could barely see those outside without the help of flashlights...
...Crimson Coach Mike Getman didn't expect to order tape and ice wholesale this season. "Fit" and "injury-free" were supposed to be the catch-words of this year's squad...
...body. To cross busy roads, pedestrians must clamber up overpasses or, more frequently, descend into underground mazes that seethe with shops and exits. Thus a walk down three city blocks can become a ten-minute expedition that involves 92 steps down and 88 steps up, and leaves one feeling fit enough to enter the 10,000-meter run. Yet always there is an accommodating yin to balance the rigorous yang: Seoul's user-friendly subway is a miracle of swift efficiency...
...this family time? Pick your theory. Baby boomers are just now having families, and pollsters shape the candidates to fit the demographics. Or, in times of peace, political talk, like everything else, returns to domesticity, and there is nothing as domestic as family...
...struggle to be accepted and find one's circle of friends can be especially hard for minority students, gays, foreign students and others who do not quite fit the model of Gidget Goes to College. Some campus officials are alarmed by the growing evidence of racism among today's students. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst became infamous for racial tension when an October 1986 brawl injured ten students. Now U. Mass.-Amherst freshmen are shown a video about racism and abusive behavior, and this fall's new students' convocation will include remarks concerning the "celebration of differences...