Word: flings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...aides spent much of last week splitting legal hairs to show why Ralston's transgression wasn't as severe as Flinn's. Whereas Flinn, the Air Force's first female B-52 pilot, lied about her affair and disobeyed an order to stop seeing her boyfriend, Ralston had his fling when the then colonel and his first wife were separated. Because Ralston and his love, a married CIA employee, were attending the Pentagon's National War College at the time, he had no troops under his command. Cohen reasoned that Ralston didn't hurt "good order and discipline" and consequently...
...dispute that the Campus Life Committee does good things. You probably remember the Yale Victory party in Loker Commons, the Shuttle Buses to the Airports, the Spring Fling, and yes, even the First-Year formal. Most of these events, however, cost the council--and in turn students--very little money...
...fact, both the First-Year Formal and Spring Fling actually made a profit. The Victory Party cost less than $500 thanks to generous donations from corporate sponsors...
Bourne has become something of a specialist in inspired dance recensions. He has done The Nutcracker set in a workhouse so that Clara's transport to Sweetieland is more dramatic, and his La Sylphide (called Highland Fling) takes place in modern Glasgow. A new Cinderella debuts in London this fall. Bourne may be free with the classics, but never with the score. "I come to music as a fan," he says. "It's why I do these things." Perhaps that's also the reason that Cooper, who could have any dance job in the world, came to Bourne...
Supporters pointed to Spring Fling, which was sponsored by companies such as Kinkos and Mail Boxes, Etc., as an example of the effectiveness of corporate sponsorship...