Word: formally
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...impeccable morals. Carlo felt very uneasy around Nick, and as Nick felt very uneasy around any outsider who knew what went on in his room over the weekend neither of them made much of an effort to communicate. Their meetings became like a Richard Nixon press conference: strained, formal and eventually, no longer operative...
...hallway by the third-floor landing he came across Chris from down the hall, who had also just reached his saturation point in studying. After their evening's bout with formal learning both Jon and Chris just wanted to free associate. They stood by the stairwell talking about whatever popped into their minds. Jon started to tell about the math he had learned that night, but quickly got off the subject for fear that it was becoming an obsession...
...opportunity to have a positive form of identification with which to gain access to University libraries, charge books therefrom, and, if the student is on board contract, to eat in the University dining halls. That is the reason why, you will note, we have chosen to draw a formal distinction between the "Bursars cards" available at Harvard, and the "Student Identification" cards routinely available elsewhere. It's not just another Harvard quirk, as you can now plainly see--you know, like a calling the Coop the Coupe instead of the Co-op, or Quincy Kwinnzeee--it's an important thing...
Senior Scott Betterman, who originated the idea for the story, will be suspended from MIT for three months. Roxanne Ritchie and Susan Gilbert, the co-authors, will be placed on formal probation and John Roselli, editor of "thursday," has been given "internal probation," which will not be placed on his record...
Last year there were only four members of the cast and they wore more formal evening wear, relying on character typing to set the scenes. This year the atmosphere is more casual, the dress less structured and the costumes more varied. There is more room in each role and that works to the show's advantage--while stereotyped characters still make stereotyped jokes, more interesting and real characters make more interesting and heartfelt jokes...