Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...faces in the crowd appear distinctly conspiratorial; the girl has been debased into a symbol, and is happily oblivious to what that symbol embodies or supports; and even inanimate objects and trivial details--the sheen of the car and the incomplete lettering of a storefront in the background--possess an enlarged, fictive meaning, a circuit of tension and a certain chill suggestive of all that is sinister, ridiculous and mesmerizing about displays of institutionalized eroticism...
Usually less than half of the concentrators write honors theses. Perhaps part of the reason is that Faculty members in the department actively discourage students from writing theses unless they are extremely enthusiastic and possess cogent proposals for their very specific topic. Goldfarb explains that Faculty members expect Philosophy theses to be especially probing--like the concentration itself...
...Balance of Military Power. It is shifting so rapidly against the U.S., said Kissinger, that in a future confrontation "like that in Cuba in 1962 or the Mideast alert in 1973, it will be the Soviet Union which will possess the quantitative superiority in strategic weapons." The danger, he said, "is less an imminent nuclear attack on us than an increased Soviet willingness to run risks in local conflicts." In such cases, said Kissinger, Soviet superiority in conventional arms could no longer be offset by a credible threat of U.S. nuclear retaliation. "The present Administration has compounded the problem...
...message is Bryan Trottier, center for the New York Islanders. His two front teeth were extracted in maturity by a hockey stick. Trottier is to appear in the final frames surrounded by jubilant teammates all of whom are extras, bit players in this mini-form who possess an almost subliminal celebrity. "I been living in sports equipment all week," notes one. Later, after jumping into a shower to simulate perspiration, he complains that "on the Coke job, they gave us little spray things-very first-class...
Mleczko, Desaulniers, Hackett and Cuccia all piqued the admission committee's interest because they possess unusual talent and conform to academic standards. They all--in one manner or another--were recruited. But they constitute exceptions. The varsity athletes who compose the bulk of Crimson squads had a bare minimum of contact with the athletic department prior to admission. Even alumni "scouting" is for the most part random and informal. Sometimes, the casual approach proves advantageous for Harvard. As one Crimson athlete says, "Princeton turned me off because the coach was so insistent it bothered me. It felt nice...