Word: latinate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cecilia-Nan Ding, 17, to name the last compact disc she bought or the last movie she saw, and she cannot tell you. But ask the senior at the prestigious Boston Latin School how many beds for battered women there are in Boston's shelters, and her recall is a rapid 400...419, to be precise--a number Nan (as she prefers to be called) finds disturbing. Consider in comparison, she says, the number of calls made in 1996 to Massachusetts women's hot lines...
Still, the Gonzalez acquittal is one of several events that raise questions as to whether the canal can remain free from Panamanian politics--widely acknowledged to be among the most patronage-ridden in Latin America. The fear, especially among shippers, is that the canal, which contributes $100 million of its $600 million in annual tolls to Panama, will be used as a cash cow for fiscally strapped governments and an employment agency for whatever party is in power...
Nelson said "Why [is] English less 'exclusive'? Latin is more international...
...important to be aware of the effects this may have on some students," Darling said. "But there is a precedent for Latin. Harvard is not being elitist, it's being proud of its traditions...
...course having our degrees in Latin is pretentious, but I like being pretentious--it's part of being at Harvard!" she said...