Word: keyed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were welcomed into Walker Hall by the sound of slack key music strumming in the background. Tropical flowers adorned the walls, people in bright aloha shirts darted around excitedly, and the familiar smell of kalua pig wafted through the room. Kalua pig, the centerpiece of every luau, is fire-roasted on red-hot stones in an underground oven called an imu. I assume that the organizers couldn't pull off the red-hot stones in the frozen MIT ground, but the pig tasted delicious nonetheless. Soon after my arrival there was the inevitable rush to the serving table, replete with...
Lots of synthetic drugs, for one. (Senior Tutors, that is what we semi-humorous people call a "joke." ) Actually, the key is to master the art of vicarious drunkenness. Step one: when I get to any generic Harvard party, my first stop is the drink table. I pour myself a rum and Coke minus the rum and walk around confidently sipping my beverage. Security comes in knowing that as long as I'm drinking something, I'm invisible among the thronging partygoers. Baaaaaah...
...Widener Library, the sight of an admissions tour is unmistakable. High school seniors sporting their letter-jackets huddle in a tight bunch. Safety in numbers, this is the herd mentality at its best. Shepherding this wayward group of timid visitors is a vibrant, artificially happy member of the Crimson Key Society. Like people following the chosen one, this microcosm of adolescent fear and dreams migrates across campus to the call of its leader...
...overseers also received a letter from the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan asking them not to question a key witness about "any matters involving the Democratic National Committee [or] the Clinton/Gore Election Committee...because it could harm the active, ongoing criminal investigation." Investigators say the letter shows that the New York grand jury has targeted an alleged scheme in which Democrats would direct campaign contributions to Carey in return for contributions to state Democratic parties out of Teamster union funds...
...Tobacco's livid right now, because they can't get to any of the key senators," says Van Voorst, "and they're threatening to walk." Van Voorst expects the committee's version to emerge sometime this week. Then the real negotiations can begin...