Word: formalities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...center is to become the leading institution for applying empirical methods and formal theories to systematic research," said Alt yesterday...
...extension of Disney World. From the beginning it saw Celebration as a noble social experiment, a model community for the next century. Disney contacted some of the world's leading architects to design the town. Educational experts planned a progressive school system that would largely do away with a formal curriculum and assessment of student performance through grades. All houses would be within a five minute walk of downtown, and the perfectly paved streets would be lined with trees...
Groups members emphasize that the fraternity's social life does not revolve around house parties and alcohol, pointing to trips into Boston to see the Red Sox or shoot pool, road trips, an annual formal and mixers with local sororities as examples of their varied social itinerary...
...sperm for each attempt (in contrast to 100 million or more in a natural ejaculation), the results were impressive. Of 14 pregnancies involving couples who wanted girls, the researchers report, 13 produced females. Says Fugger: "We're talking about increasing your chances of getting girls five- or sixfold." No formal report has yet been published on selecting a male baby, which, to the surprise of the scientists, was not the choice of most participants. But preliminary results suggest male selection will work 65% of the time...
...matchbooks from 25 years ago that two kids who went to a formal brought back to him," Green said...