Word: mastering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Officially, the purpose of the parietals was moral. As Dean Watson said at the time, "It is not appropriate for a Harvard student to entertain a girl in his own room." Other attitudes that concerned the parietal rules were also morally grounded. David E. Owen, Master of Winthrop House, told The Crimson that "people are concerned about the unusual situation in which unmarried men are entertaining young women in what amounts to their bedrooms. This is not an accepted procedure in the United States or anywhere in the Western world...
...PEOPLE tell me I'm good at visual puns. I guess that's true," says photographer Elliot Erwitt on the opening page of Personal Exposures, and he undoutedly has an eye for humor. But at the same time, Erwitt is a master in capturing the subtle tragedy in everyday life. His book is a comprehensive overview of his development, published to coincide with the world tour of an exhibition of black and white photographs...
...week. The houses of Extravaganza and Magnifique, among others, strutted their stuff at the venerable Roseland Ballroom for a show sponsored by the Design Industries Foundation for AIDS. Among the crowd present: the Talking Heads' David Byrne, actress Gwen Verdon and real fashion model Iman. Said the evening's master of ceremonies, David Ian Extravaganza: "I never thought I'd see the day when we'd be doing this downtown." Well, no; but, then again, don't dance off to California either, David. Vogueing has not yet arrived on the West Coast. Says a disk jockey at 2nd Coming...
Even simple things can become rather difficult on the phone. Although Eric is a sailor/FOP leader/athlete, he can't seem to master the use of call waiting. One conversation went like this: "Wait, I have to answer the call waiting. [presses button] Hello? Oh wait, I'll try again. [presses button again] Hello? This isn't working. [presses button again, accidently hangs up on both friends] !#$%&)*(*." And then both callers dial back again at the same time...
American allies are likely to be disappointed with the message Secretary of State James Baker will carry to Moscow this week: The Bush Administration would rather hang tough and see what happens than top Moscow's diplomatic initiatives. -- Meet Eduard Shevardnadze, the master builder of Mikhail Gorbachev's foreign policy whose ice-melting smile hides the glint of iron teeth...