Word: meaningfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In Country was meant to be a story of one girl's search for the meaning and justice behind a war that deprived her of a family. But the movie gets bogged down in the ancillary characters and events which make up Samantha's life without providing any insights into...
For those William Safire wannabees who get huffy when someone misuses the word "disinterested," read no further. Popular culture has irretrievably eroded the meaning of the word "classic." A disc jockey at WSLQ in Roanoke, VA recently persuaded this listener to turn the dial when he announced, "Coming up next...
No to proctor meetings. Contrary to popular belief, the term "proctor" does not derive from the Greek proktos, meaning anus. Instead, it comes from the Middle English procutour, meaning "one who holds meetings until at least half of those present fall asleep." Our proctor--and this is not a joke...
Such results are commonplace in Cambridge, which uses a system of proportional representation (PR) that virtually assures re-election for incumbents. In fact, many city residents joke about the real meaning of PR--perpetual representation, they dub it.
For Liem, being a master has special meaning. Part German, Dutch, Chinese and Indonesian, he is the College's only minority master. And he says he hopes to be a role model for minority students at Harvard.