Word: minding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...including "facts" (like the size of the graduating class in Currier House) that are so easy to determine that no one in their right mind would lie about them, then juxtaposing them with the latent skepticism that all students mindlessly direct toward the administration, and then coupling them with a bogus "computer program" whose workings are sufficiently ambiguous, you have just started a rumor that requires no more effort from you whatsoever. Before you can say "I'm not sure if it's true, but..." at least four hundred students will start looking for ways to cut those extra five...
...Altoid. The origin of the unassuming peppermints' curious strength has baffled consumers for almost two centuries. Small, round and chalky, they threaten to burst from their Britishly metal tins. Set us free, their vaguely hospitalic aroma commands. Pop us in. Should you respond to their bidding, keep this in mind: the Altoid is a deadly, deadly breath freshener. Though it may leave neophytes running for water, however, the Altoid remains the mature alternative to chewing cud or making sparks. A.R. COHEN...
...Lewinsky's claim with a shrug of the shoulders. A more skeptical viewer might have doubted it as much as she doubted the so-called "rumors" themselves. But if you're not just an objective or skeptical viewer, but a genuinely imaginative one, then perhaps another thought crossed your mind: Where did those "rumors" come from? Who started them? Why were they believed? And, if that many people really do believe rumors, couldn't you have started...
...always in the back of my mind. Someday...," he reminisces...
...fraternity, the particular fraternity that suits my needs, was the one of the best decisions of my college career. Denying that opportunity to others is a mistake that will have repercussions beyond collegiate life, contributing to the fraying of society and to a further closing of the American mind...