Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...perfect world, the council would look at itself, perhaps enjoy a morose chuckle and dissolve on the spot. Unfortunately, our esteemed student representatives possess no such capacity for reasoned introspection, and so they forever charge bravely ahead with the business of campus non-government...
...pack away their shorts for good. Should they resign themselves to another season of ankle-length coverage or flout convention by remaining faithful to their summer attire? Of course, shorts-wearers must endure hardships from bitter air biting at their legs to flabbergasted double takes. These individuals must possess extraordinary self-confidence to publicly expose themselves daily. In short, to wear shorts in the winter is to be a true iconoclast, a super hero who rejects all societal notions of behavior, a human being of epic proportions...
...same overall feel. The portraitures appear regal, the frames are often etched in with the figure, the allegorical prints are dramatic because of the contrast given to points of the artist's interest, and the everyday scenes are all recorded in concise detail. What all of these themes possess as motif are their underlying static feeling. These prints are immobile; the figures in them are frozen. Today, a viewer cannot relate to these scenes of the past through the mind and eyes of a 16th century village person, therefore, there is no dynamic between...
...houses for longer and longer periods of time. Meanwhile, a fast-paced hightechnology culture may also have contributed to the withering of House communities. Students are now used to grabbing lunch on the fly; they're habituated into spending hours alone in front of the computer. They do not possess a communal mindset...
...seats on the bus or carry my groceries. To offer help is a mark of respect, not an insult. To offer such help in no way implies that I am better than another person, or that she could not help me as well, with skills that I do not possess...