Word: microcosm
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...college is a microcosm of the population at large," she said. "Our [statistics] for STDs are probably the same as the rest of the population...
...wait, along with a microcosm of America, until October 20, when I shall sit by my phone from 4 to 8 p.m., waiting patiently to hear of my fate. And even if I do not get "the call," I will be content with the knowledge that our society has made one road to economic security open to anyone who has ever made pancakes...
...been within the margin of error in the polls. That's not surprising. The two popular pols have cast a shadow over Missouri politics for a generation. They've won nine statewide races between them. But the contest is more than a Show Me state battle. Missouri is a microcosm: it has picked the winner in every presidential election this century except one ('56), and is an important battleground in the tight presidential race...
...portraying a broad swath of national history through the wise eyes of a young observer has its precedent in such reality-bending epics as Gunter Grass's The Tin Drum and Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Mugezi and all the members of his extended family play out, in microcosm, the upheavals of postcolonial Africa: the diaspora from stable rural societies into hectic cities governed by money rather than loyalties. Mugezi learns that he must be devious and tough simply to stay alive. He fights what he sees as the tyranny of his parents and the authoritarian rule...
...example, large and spacious rooms, presumably to be occupied by wealthy students, were placed next to small ones in order to force the interaction that wouldn't take place if rich students were permitted to isolate themselves. Second, the Houses were to be representative. Lowell called them "a microcosm of the University," implying that they would each serve as cross-sections of the diversity of life in the College as a whole. Finally, they were to be social above all else. Their value, particularly as a vehicle for equality, was in the interaction they would foster between different students...