Word: pinking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pressure to conform--to avoid being the one to slow down the bandwagon--often sways students into opening their wallets. After all, no one absolutely has to walk in a cap and gown for Commencement exercises. That's not to say anyone would want to be wearing pink in a sea of solemn, black robes. And when your own classmates are asking you to pledge $10 to the Senior Class Gift so that your house's participation rate will best all the rest, how easy...
...each class, Mr. Davis would select a piece of student writing to read and criticize. He wouldn't name the author, but a quick glance around the room often revealed a student with pink ears and an agonized expression. I assume that my classmate, the defender of civilized values, turned in more polished prose than I, for he became a well-known theatre critic...
...example, and of the caring for elderly and maundering parents. In the work force, women are disproportionately represented in the human services: as nurses and teachers, day-care and nursing-home workers. They may want lower taxes as much as anyone else, but not in exchange for a pink slip...
...more than 2,000 separate pieces of scripture. They conceived a mediagenic means of voting: for each Gospel verse, each voter dropped a plastic bead in a bucket. The bead's color signified the scholar's opinion. The book quoted one participant's description: "Red: That's Jesus! Pink: Sure sounds like Jesus. Gray: Well, maybe. Black: There's been some mistake." The Five Gospels (the fifth one was Thomas') consisted of the holy text, likewise color-coded to indicate the Seminar's collated opinion of its authenticity...
Eight television sets blinked pink and orange light through the smoke of the Crimson Sports Grille as college students milled around and watched the last game of the NCAA championship...