Word: larger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After spending the afternoon in small discussion groups, conference attendees joined in a larger, but relaxed, symposium. And they agreed that in order to settle their differences, members of both sides need to join together in a task force designed to educate each other about their concerns...
...motherhood and babymaking became a kind of national cult: there was a return to earlier marriage, families were bigger and divorce rates stabilized. Though women continued to pour into the workplace during the '50s, this fact was blotted out by the decade's infatuation with blissful domesticity. In the larger historical context, feminism appears to have been a rebellion against the '50s and a course correction. It helped get earlier trends back on track and offered an optimistic, have-it-all ideology to go with them...
...Using a larger sample, the OCS study describes each class in terms of its educational experience and plans after graduation, said Martha P. Leape, OCS director, who added that her publication is completely independent of the Quincy House project...
Ironically, in 1983 the administration replacedthe Mass Ave. Gate, traditionally the mainentrance, with Johnston Gate, which was able toaccommodate larger trucks...
...really thinks about Thanksgiving? Most adults absorb the larger meaning of the holiday as part of the first-grade catechism (Pilgrims, friendly Indians, a day for offering thanks) and rarely move beyond Care-Bears sentimentality. This built-in ickiness is a pity, since it tends to overshadow the symbolic significance of Thanksgiving, that most unrepentantly old- fashioned of American celebrations, that patriotic heirloom that nobody has figured out a way to ruin...