Word: frequently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have a few people brought in to explain things. To avoid publicity, the White House instructed the guests to report to the Treasury building. From there they were led through an underground tunnel to the adjacent White House. Robert S. Strauss, a former Democratic national chairman and also a frequent luncheon companion of the First Lady, was one of the group. He reports that he pulled no punches with the President. The result? Well, let Strauss describe it. "The President could not have been more gracious," says he, "and could not have ignored my advice more effectively...
That is not to say that Mallon's novel lacks pretension--it doesn't Mallon is an academic by profession and it shows. Few pages are without allusions. Art's love for Keats has earned him the nickname "Urn Man," and Mallon peppers his novel with frequent allusions to the romantic poet. The book starts with a description of Artie's Greek homework, later quoted, and the text has the requisite invocations of Matthew Arnold, Shakespeare and Joyce. Moreover, Mallon throws in details about contemporary political events, such as Pattie Hearst's kidnapping...
Scott McCormack has accumulated a hefty amount of Frequent Flyer bonus miles...
...even if women and Blacks and Jews are invited to punch, the clubs will still remain socially elitist in their admissions policies and discriminate against students who can't pay dues. Faculty members and students who frequent the clubs continue to buy into this system. The law can only force the clubs to go co-ed, it cannot eradicate their moneyed elitism...
...frequent rule changes have made it nearly impossible for the Loebs to provide the house with a sense of stability, they say. But Jewett says that goal will always be out of reach...