Word: fittingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, I wonder how much I actually decided to start drinking. The fact is that those of us who, for whatever reason, need time to decide whether to drink while underage are too often not given that time. Instead, we quickly see that to "fit in" at Harvard, we need to drink, at least a bit. If we don't, we risk being ostracized and laughed at, scorned and ignored. This need not be the case. The received wisdom should be this: "Drinking is not necessary to have fun or to enjoy college. If you do decide to drink, drink...
While the specific details mentioned about Yanomamo culture are true, they have been selected in such a way so as to fit the Yanomamo into our notions of the ignorant and primitive (though noble) savage. It goes unmentioned that today's Yanomamo is as likely to be found wearing a T-shirt and jeans as a loincloth. The context of the two-sentence ethnographic sketch is neglected, and we are led to believe that the Yanomamo are both culturally and biologically retarded. Indeed, their brains are so poorly developed that they would not even realize that four ignorant gringos...
...voice, a string of pearls, downcast eyes, violated modesty, the image of a loyal Democrat who when she was in trouble came one November day to the Oval Office seeking help and wound up with a hands-on briefing. Willey's performance was compelling and dangerous: she didn't fit the profile of a Clinton hater, was reluctant to tell her story and looked and sounded a whole lot like a Junior Leaguer. When the President's lawyers and cosmeticians got on the phone afterward to come up with a containment strategy, they didn't need to say anything...
...stores, which have to order well in advance of production, took on tons of expensive basketball shoes, only to watch the goods sit on the shelves. In running shoes, Nike had problems with fit and what insiders call product "freshness." And missing in the retail mix was a good selection of shoes below $80, in what the industry calls the "kill zone"--where the bulk of unit volume is done. The sluggish sales accelerated an industry consolidation among retailers. "I can't emphasize enough the profound revolution the retail side has gone through in 1996 and '97," says Clarke...
...that I harbor any ill feelings toward Wall Street's deal machine. To the contrary, I believe in the benefits of cost cutting, carving up and combining companies, and generally placing efficiency and profitability above all else. That's raw capitalism, which keeps U.S. companies fit to win against global competitors and ensures jobs and an improving standard of living for most people. It has its losers, though, and can seem unnecessary when the economy is humming as it is today. But at least now this meal, distasteful to many, is being served in the cook's kitchen...