Word: papering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although McNitt, Martin and their marketing staff send packets of suggestions and information to the individual Houses--including paper parrots, little fish and shells, candles (depending on House restrictions) and carefully-researched photographs of colors and scenery to evoke a certain mood--McNitt says dining hall workers incorporate their own decorations from home, sometimes valuables, to create a festive atmosphere...
Although McNitt, Martin and their marketing staff send packets of suggestions and information to the individual Houses--including paper parrots, little fish and shells, candles (depending on House restrictions) and carefully-researched photographs of colors and scenery to evoke a certain mood--McNitt says dining hall workers incorporate their own decorations from home, sometimes valuables, to create a festive atmosphere. In the past, HDS employees have taken it upon themselves to build cranberry bogs and brought in tents and canoes to spice up the atmosphere...
...think it's good to see in the paper sources of inspiration or leadership or success," Bechis said. "Sometimes we focus on the crises in the world. I think if people see that I've been able to pursue something, it might give them inspiration...
...Both teams definitely utilized their athletes to max capacity," Ciollo said. "We used the strategy of spreading people out over many events. On paper, looking at our performances and theirs coming into the meet, we appeared to be underdogs. We knew that we had to step up our own performances...
...boomers buy cards, but they're quite diverse in sensibility and ethnicity, so the one-size-fits-all approach isn't working. Boomer men, much like their fathers, avoid card racks for all but the most mandatory occasion, like birthdays and major relationship screwups. For Generations X and Y, paper cards may as well be stone tablets...