Word: formality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...women's issues on campus. It assumes its official responsibilities on July 1, 2000. The advisory committee is a small group, picked by Assistant Dean of the College Karen G. Avery '87, that, in the coming months, will help determine how the Trust will operate. Whether they are formal members or not, all interested students have been encouraged to provide the committee with input...
...Winthrop JCR taking swing dance lessons in preparation for the Adams swing that night. A very good friend [Beth A. Stewart] wanted to take the class to prepare for the Winthrop formal and she's kind of tall so she needed a tall partner. I had only been swing dancing once before two years ago in D.C....I consider myself someone who tries hard. I don't think I embarrass myself...
...different type of place, very blue collar. It's the hair capital of the country. We have more hair salons on every corner and more car dealerships than any city in the country. People are really into how they dress and how they look. To a formal in Detroit, you would wear a red suit with white gloves, a red hat, red gator skin shoes and a pinky ring on the outside of the glove. You might have a gold tooth. One of the clubs I used to hang out at was called Chickenwing. The owner's name was Chickenwing...
Note to Panama: You'll find the keys under the flowerpot to the left of the front door... President Clinton and Madeleine Albright were conspicuous by their absence from Tuesday's formal ceremony transferring control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. to the host country. Clinton and Albright - who had previously indicated she would attend - drew the ire of Panamanian leaders by their absence, leaving leadership of the U.S. delegation to former president Jimmy Carter, who negotiated the handover 22 years...
...great-aunt and great-uncle in Miami. The same day, Florida relatives filed a claim for political asylum on the boy's behalf, to prevent him from returning home to his natural father, with whom he remains close. While the U.S. has urged Elian's father to make a formal claim with immigration authorities, legal challenges by the boy's relatives - backed by Cuban exile organizations - are likely to delay his early return. In what may be a reflection of the ironic symbiosis across the Florida Straits, it's been a tremendous propaganda boost both to Castro and the right...