Word: givens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kennedy notes, for example, the displeasure of his proctor when it was discovered that the freshman had given a dislodged parking meter to his Secret Santee in December. "Rajiv Gandhi's limousine had knocked it loose, so I dragged it up to the third floor of Canaday," he remembers. "We had to hide it, though, because it looked like I might get in trouble...
Although the common image of an athletic trainer is wrapped up in endless rolls of ankle tape, the reality is quite different. The athletic trainers of 20 years ago--who rarely prescribed anything but rest and ice--have given way to highly trained professionals whose responsibilities include rehabilitating injured athletes and giving advice on physical preparation...
...long will it take for the Faculty to revise and start implementing the recommendations? In other words, can we be given a rough timetable of both the development of the plan and its final consideration and implementation...
Ellen Goodman recently reported a "debate" over the legitimacy of astrology on PBS's MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, and I have heard Dan Rather proclaim that "astrology has been given a new legitmacy," as if it were a neutral fact. I think this new boom in superstition is bad news of the first order. Television coverage of late has been limited to interviews with psuedoscientists and their devotees, who naturally are gleeful about the recent turn of events. The press seems afraid to point out how stupid a belief in astrology is, how discredited a "science...
...Personally, I don't find [fan ridicule] frustrating," Rice says. "I take it as a given [for a school that focuses on academics]. I find building school spirit a challenge." He adds that cheerleading is taken much more seriously at other schools around the country...