Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most of the additional money for grants would have been cut from the line item that funds concerts, social events, student affairs projects and most other council business...
...small item of proof is the New York Times's "Vows" feature in the weddings-and-engagements section on Sundays. Once this section was a cathedral of boring probity; brides appeared to be photographed in wax, and weddings were reported as the cornerstone layings on national monuments. Now the "Vows" feature (the name itself suggests something ironic and tenuous) describes weddings that sound like the Ritz Brothers' movies, and the happy couple are sometimes photographed in such a way as to indicate that they will go directly from the altar to a mental hospital...
...event, the ideal mate is practically no more, which may be just as well since the ideal anything is always a setup for tragedy. But what has replaced this cultural item is not much more attractive. It is, in a sense, the ideal of the unideal. The assumption behind television sitcoms contemporaneous with Vertigo was that the husbands and wives--in such shows as Father Knows Best and The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet--were perfect for each other. They had their ideal mates; that's why they were married. The assumption behind current shows like Friends and Seinfeld is that...
...mother truly believed that if she could find every last item on The List, I would be all right. Armed with Pepto Bismol and anti histamines, I, feeble Sarah, who has no allergies, would be safe. With an ashtray (for guests of course, as the list instructs) and four dozen hangers by my side, how could I fail...
...second major item in the letter regards the administration's sane immunity policy about treatment at the University Health Services (UHS). Fear of punishment would only serve to worsen the medical situations of students who drink excessively. We are glad that the administration holds students' health above their actions. But we are not so sure that this policy conforms to the reality of medical treatment at UHS. Although students' records are supposed to be kept confidential, sometimes they are not. And though friends who accompany a drunken student to UHS should be lauded (especially under this policy), they are sometimes...