Word: joining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...used to be a haven for artists and literary figures, but it became an alternative for dilettantes," says one person who was asked to join but declined the invitation, adding that "the best writers on campus are not members...
...late 19th century, final clubs at Harvard were the all-male preserves of seniors only. Students would embark on their social careers in sophomore clubs like the Hasty Pudding, Pi ETA, or Institute of 1770, and then join waiting clubs as juniors. Only a few select seniors would eventually join final clubs...
...group of sophomores led by Charles Joseph Bonaparte, who would eventually become Secretary of the Navy and then attorney general under Teddy Roosevelt, decided to boycott the 100-year-old Hasty Pudding and join the much younger Pi Eta Club. Not satisfied there, they dropped out. In reaction, the Hasty Pudding and Pi Eta clubs acted to prevent Bonaparte and his friends from joining any of the junior waiting clubs. And so the Signet was born as a juniors-only club...
...something worth spending his teenage energy on: maybe his lay-about friends, maybe that cute 16-year-old he's just met (Mary Stuart Masterson), maybe the toxic dream of emulating his old man. You've got to act, Brad. So be a thief and impress your friends. Join your dad's gang; make him proud. Buy your girlfriend a necklace and watch her eyes pop. Be a man and try not to look back at that trail of blood on the landscape...
...message that Gorbachev brought with him, though, was not really one of smiles and kisses. His visit was aimed at quietly strengthening Moscow's hold on its Warsaw Pact allies. From Poland to Hungary, Eastern Europe is being summoned to join a Soviet-led drive to prevent the bloc's economies from falling even more hopelessly behind those of the West. In a 40-minute speech to the 2,600 delegates in East Berlin's modernistic Palace of the Republic, Gorbachev called on his allies to meet the challenge of swift economic and technological change by moving toward close...