Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...understand the phrase "Primarily for Undergraduates" that is found in the beginning of many course listings in the Courses of Instruction? I understand it to mean that the classes following such a heading are for students who are for the most part (that takes care of the "primarily" part of the phrase) not graduate students (that takes care of the "undergraduate" part...
Over the intercom comes a different voice, sounding energized and excited. The old showman's phrase booms out over the loudspeaker, "Ladies and gentleman, today is your lucky...
...Dartboard were most intrigued by the long argument staged by council members over whether they should partake of refreshments offered to students at their upcoming "town hall" style meeting. Similar issues of preferential treatment have dogged Congress for years. (Incidentally, we think the phrase is "town meeting," unless you just want a bunch of city councillors to show...
Last Friday, Texas Senator Phil Gramm became the first Republican officially to throw his hat into the Presidential ring. Backed by the Texas A & M band, Gramm declared his candidacy with a particularly appropriate phrase: "With a love for America and a desire to make her right again...
...Many corporate and personal fortunes will be won -- and lost,'' says Joseph Kraemer, who follows the communications and electronics industries for EDS Management Consulting Services in Washington. ``The phrase bet the company will be used more often, and with more passion and much more accuracy, than at any other time since World...