Word: minding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This seems to be not what the Commonwealth had in mind [when they made universities exempt from property taxes]," Born said during the meeting...
...puritanical nature of public schools is well-known. Many districts still ban books like The Awakening and Sophie's Choice because they are considered, like the Starr report and the Clinton tapes, "sexually explicit." Never mind that both books are fascinating character studies and substantial works of literature; if sex is involved, it isn't "appropriate." The same goes for the Clinton-Lewinsky affair: of interest to a government class is whether the president's dishonesty merits his removal from office. It's more about adultery, and party lines and huge egos, than...
...What I'd like to see the students do is keepthe Mom-and-Pops in mind. Go to the AlgiersCoffeehouse in the Brattle Building instead ofgoing to a Starbucks for a cup of coffee," Giffordsays...
Except for its lethal possibilities, his distractedness is charming. His mind is simply oriented to the world he has chosen. Nothing makes him happier than looking at it. In the evening he goes out for a while and comes back with two frogs and a toad, in part to show me their characteristics (one is poisonous), but mainly because he is still a kid who likes to go out and get frogs. In the morning, one of our guides spots a parrot high in a tree, a Fransemadam, so called because it spreads a scarlet frill when excited, like...
...Witness his "photos" of a black Queen Elizabeth II and of Ronald Reagan with AIDS. The only downside to this provocative catalog is that little in it is new, and Kalman's work relies on surprise. But there are worse ways to spend time than to dip into the mind of a self-professed "creative-lunatic...