Word: markedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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For more than 1.8 million whites in the three Dutch Reformed churches that dominate in South Africa, this year's Sabbath marked the end of an especially perplexing year. The churches continue to provide the moral underpinning for the nation's policy of racial separation, a role that...
The film loosely follows the actual robbery which took place in Boston's North End back in 1950. That one was concocted by 11 men, seven of whom slipped into the Brink's warehouse one evening wearing pea-coats and Halloween masks and made off with the loot. At the...
The solidarity of these students shows that they see themselves as a common economic class with common problems. Quite a contrast with the situation on many American campuses--especially Ivy League campuses--where students perceive real or imagined class divisions and divergent interests. Along with a boycott of classes, the...
Last night's balanced scoring and crisp passing marked a definite improvement from the cagers' sloppy play earlier in the season. Rebounding remains a problem, however, as the hoopsters have had slim pickings under the boards.
The phenomenon of the debut came into vogue in America during the early 1800's. Commonly known as "coming out," the inaugural ball was usually a young woman's first formal affair, and as such marked the end of schoolgirl days. Symbolically, it represented the metamorphosis of a young girl...