Word: formal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Knowles's disarming British wit serves him well in speeches at formal occassions, including Faculty meetings, dinners and his address at Convocation...
Hunneman adds that the two colleges have virtually merged in the minds of most students, in any case, so the merger should be made formal...
...Crimson's first formal football game since 1942, 25,000 spectators see Harvard defeat the University of Connecticut...
...Formal dances followed Saturday night at Leverett, Kirkland, Lowell and Dunster, along with formal dinners in each house, and according to The Crimson, "at least one party in every entry." In the yard, women were permitted to dine in the Union--the first-year dining hall--for the first time that year...
...that's the whole point, he decides. The formal is just that: all about formality, entirely external, a complete facade. It's just an excuse for college kids to look good and show off their tuxes and dates to their friends. He concludes happily that since everyone realizes that it's all just a big show, there's really no need to be nervous! He's determined to take future formals with that grain of salt, knowing that, by definition, they're only formal. Why be anxious...