Word: personal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Envision, if you will, a normally dressed person of South Asian origin. Without a pocket protector. Without an accent. Have you ever seen that on TV? Of course not. And 35 percent of the world's population is South Asian or of South Asian origin. Now, I have nothing against either pocket protectors or accents. But I don't think that absolutely every person of South Asian origin has them...
...before your very eyes. Best of all, the new kitchen layouts eliminate messy pile-ups. There are no more Annenberg-esque elbowfests to get to the drink machines, and extra countertop space ensures that you can put down your tray as you move through each station without blocking the person behind you. The result is a steady flow of students from the entrance to the exit no matter how many people are present...
...city has a better education level and a higher income. [And] you have to appeal to the person who was born and raised in Cambridge," Winters said. "People don't have a sense of what their political base...
...major complaint seems to be that the Key is too attractive for his tastes. My apologies. After dedicating hours of my time to selecting members in as fair and objective a process as possible, a process in which a person's cheekbones and social status play absolutely no role, I am stunned that Oppenheim would imply that my fellow board members and I choose tour guides on the basis of "conventional standards of physical attractiveness" or affiliation with some particular social group...
According to Lewis, an eight-person limit would "ensure that students from one block will get to know other students in the House." Other House Masters have echoed this thought, saying large blocking groups make it hard to "integrate people into the House as a whole...