Word: formality
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Dates may have been formal then, but they were also more frequent and less serious. Phil dated “a slew of girls,” although not many Quad residents, in his first two years at Harvard and felt he never got to know any of them well...
...Often times, if you’re with a religious group that’s just beginning to discover itself, you can lose track of what’s going on,” she said. “It would be nice to have less formal events as well...
...behave. Are the inmates running the asylum? Ken Bobrosky Warsaw Schools in Sweden teem with bullies, and almost nothing is done to stop them. On the contrary, bullies are ignored by cynical authorities and encouraged by models of tyranny at every level. Teachers often use bullying tactics, and formal inquiries into incidents are defused by bureaucratic psychobabble. Often it is the victims themselves who are considered suspect. Jon van Leuven Göteborg, Sweden Rising from the Rubble My sincere thanks to all the world's people for their generosity toward Sri Lankan tsunami victims [Jan. 24]. We are especially...
...virtual shouts over House e-mail lists, formal house meetings and kleptomaniacal retaliation stemming from the implementation of restrictions indicate how contentious these rules can be. The increasingly complex restrictions seem to generate so much controversy because of a seemingly impossible reconciliation of two lofty ideals: the creation and maintenance of a definable House community through a dining hall, and the integration of first-years into upperclass life. Those who believe that the former concept is more important tend to support Houses’ dining hall restrictions, and those who believe the latter concept prevails tend to oppose them...
This week’s events include a performance by the Kuumba Singers as well as the first annual BSA formal, the Renaissance Ball...