Word: formalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Listeners dressed in semi-formal attire filled the 500 available seats and many more stood to hear Runcie's words. A crimson and white colorscheme pervaded decorations at the reception,which took place from 4 to 6 p.m. A brass ensembleperformed before and after the speakers, who alsoincluded Dr. Derek Brewer, Master of EmmanuelCollege (John Harvard's alma mater) and theUniversity of Cambridge; Archibald Cox '34, CarlM. Loeb University Professor Emeritus and a formerWatergate prosecutor; and Stephen Sandy, facultymember at Bennington College...
...spent a year working for WashPIRG, a public interest research group, says, "I don't think of what I did as time off; for me it was time on. Getting beyond the lecture halls and really for the first time being a part of that bigger world gives my formal education a third dimension. It's the difference between a square and a cube...
People stop defining themselves in terms of what they do or how well they do it when they learn that there are other, more personal yardsticks by which to measure achievement. "For me there are no formal standards, not grades, not recommendations. I think I've learned to judge myself against my own expectations," concludes Roberts...
...undergraduates who haven't planned so far ahead, Looks, 40 Brattle St., sells a variety of satin and taffeta dresses for about $85. "I kept the formal in mind when ordering fall clothes," says store owner Judy Armell...
...Jordan Marsh, 450 Washington St. in downtown Boston, sales associate Helen Rosie says all this year's dresses seem to be short, above the ankle. "We have a lot of lacy, saloon-girl dresses by Gunne Sax, and dresses with a ruffle in back are also popular," Rosie says. Formal dresses in Jordan Marsh's junior department retail...