Word: formal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...
...what about the House Committees? Remember the Leverett '80s Dance? The Adams Masquerade? Perhaps you will attend your house formal...
...local media. Reporters were not allowed to ask about the police interrogation of the parents, nor about the night their daughter died. The conference came one day after the couple finally submitted to separate police interrogations. The Ramseys had heaped suspicion upon themselves by refusing to agree to formal interviews with police and by their seeming refusal to offer much help in the search for the killer. After police turned up the heat in April by telling reporters that the murder probe was now focusing on the parents, John and Patsy Ramsey finally agreed to be questioned. Mrs. Ramsey...
...that I should leave my jeans at home and buy some nice skirts and high heels so that I would blend in. Crisis number one. As an American feminist, I had always yelled at my mother when she would suggest that I wear heels. If I went to a formal dance, I would complain to my date about my heels. When I whined about my feet hurting, I felt as if I were apologizing for my lack of liberation. The same would happen when I was carrying a purse. I would always leave it somewhere and then make the point...