Word: furnishes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Other first-years had put varying degrees of thought into how they would furnish their suites. Marion B. Gammill '95 was in the furniture section of the Harvard Coop on Friday afternoon with her mother. "I need a stand for my printer that I can put together without a craftsman's degree," she said. "I might buy a bean bag, too. My roommates and I are bringing a refrigerator, TV and VCR from home...
...revolutionary Methodist proposal is likely to rely on the thinking of Victor Paul Furnish of Southern Methodist University and other liberal Bible scholars. According to their various reinterpretations, the Old Testament forbids homosexual behavior as part of a code, including laws and rituals, that Christians no longer observe. As for New Testament abjurations against the practice, particularly St. Paul's strong injunctions, revisionist scholars claim that the prohibitions were aimed only against pederasty and homosexual acts by persons who were naturally heterosexual. In any event, the argument runs, the apostle would have been more understanding if he knew as much...
Both Brustein and his critics agree that cultural institutions have an obligation to furnish equality of opportunity to minorities. However, The Globe maintains that "blacks have to be better than the competition," while Brustein insists that "skilled black artists are now at a premium...
...Mark Twain is granted a small black-and- white snapshot, and Henry James is not seen at all, though oddly enough his house is. In the coverage of modern art, Georges Braque's painting is shown in black and white; Christo's sketch is in color. In order to furnish the third edition with a fresh look, two sections go under the gliterary titles of Colorpedia and Alphapedia. Translation: pages full of pictures, and items arranged...
...campaign of deadly violence. Although the level of I.R.A. attacks today is only 20% of that of the 1970s, some 200 to 300 I.R.A. Provisionals are still striking at targets in Ulster, Britain and beyond in an effort to sway public opinion. Backed by 2,000 supporters who furnish hideouts and surveillance, the Provisionals are using a wide variety of weapons -- automatic rifles, pistols, letter bombs and mortars, as well as the terrorist's special, the Czechoslovak-made plastic explosive Semtex...