Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...feel that I am generalizing, because I acknowledge that, as always, there are many exceptions. I also realize that there are many students and tutors in the house, some of whom fit the stereotype and others who do not, who are not interested in the problem and are perfectly content to be living in the existing intolerant environment--so I do not speak for them. I also am not trying to denigrate Kirkland House as a whole; there is a genuine, friendly, and fun-loving quality about the house and many of its residents that can and should...
...candidates stand for, what's behind the arcane nomination process and what issues are going unaddressed." Barrett deals with those concerns every week, but he still relishes the carnival. Since his trusty suitcase let him down, Barrett has made do with a bedraggled garment bag "that doesn't quite fit into either the overhead bin or the space beneath the seat." It should at least see him through this week's Illinois primary...
Jackson likes to end speeches with the story of his grandmother, who took odds and ends of cloth ("not hardly fit to wipe your shoes with, some of them") and stitched them into a quilt that kept him warm as a child. Then, referring to different minorities or excluded parts of his audience, he tells farmers, or strikers, or Hispanics, that "you're right, but your patch ain't big enough." The minorities must unite to extend their influence. He does not reach the real conclusion of his parable -- that the white patch ain't big enough either; the majority...
...South gave the Republicans George Bush, and now the GOP has five months to find someone willing to run with him. At this early stage, Time, in a fit of self-restraint, threw out half a dozen possibilities in a mini-story this week...
...Kirkland House students as "jocks." We are in fact a diverse house--our students are active in academics, community service, the arts and an array of extracurricular activities, including athletics. If others in our community would look beyond the surface, they will find unpretentious, accepting individuals who don't fit easy stereotypes. We value diversity in our house community and seek to foster...