Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Melissa Garza '94, now the Council Vice-President, said her campaign would be characterized by a "spirit of openness," a phrase lifted from a spring-semester U.C. newspaper advertisement. Under Gabay's reign, openness would be a welcome change from the last two Council chairs. During his term, Malcolm A. Heinicke '93 seemed shielded by the curtain of an old-boys network--a network from whose auspices the last candidate, Marc D. McKay '94, did nothing to remove himself. Even worse, former chair Michael P. Beys '94 had a practice of turning off reporters' cassette recorders when discussions became heated...
...possibility, however, that a life without basketball might feel less valuable to him than it does now. "Five years down the line, if that urge comes back, if the Bulls have me, if ((N.B.A. Commissioner)) David Stern lets me back in the league, I may come back." The phrase had a curious ring to it, as there are still rumors that the N.B.A. is unhappy with Jordan's inveterate gambling and that the league's investigation of him did not totally exonerate...
...phrase equivalent to "jungle fever" exists to describe Jewish feelings about intermarriage. There are plenty of Yiddish words that refer a bit wryly to so-called "gentiles", but there is no such thing as "shtetl fever". (The shtetl is the Jewish, Eastern European "hood...
Perhaps the lack of a catchy phrase stems from ambiguous Jewish feelings about intermarriage. A persistent fear of being responsible for the death of the religion turns some Jews into foes of mixed marriages, but it is difficult to deny happiness to those that one loves most dearly...
More women...Yeah, more women! No, this isn't the pig. In fact, this phrase represents a glimpse into the deterioration of gender politics at Harvard...