Word: presentational
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strongly believe that Ms. Griffin's article acutely characterizes the misnomers which have accompanied us since the Fraternity's inception in 1911. Nevertheless, we think that her work will emerge a positive one for both the University and the Fraternity, for finally we are able to at least partially present our views and objectives. Thus, we applaud Ms. Griffin's article not so much for its factual accuracy as for its illumination of the many ill-founded perceptions which are so present. In light of our aim to correct some of these perceptions, the Theta Iota Chapter of Kappa Alpha...
...trick. You open stupendously-wrapped gigantic box after stupendously-wrapped less gigantic box expecting to find something wonderful each step of the way. But after opening countless stupendously-wrapped boxes, each small enough to fit into the last, you're left with a really obvious and dull present, like a pair of socks. Brown socks...
...They present a sitcom study in contrasts, a political Odd Couple. He is cool; she is warm. He counts their pennies; she spends their dollars. She favors sleek high heels; he wears clunky wing tips. (One of her cardinal campaign rules is not to unpack in front of her husband, lest he see some new purchase.) His desk is as clean as a putting green; hers resembles a rummage sale of old papers. He is guarded; she is winningly open. She loves to gossip; for him, small talk is a foreign language. He is Greek Orthodox; she is Jewish...
...public for decades. Although Gorbachev encouraged this examination of the past, Ligachev chastised editors for going too far with Stalin exposes, accusing them of a "disrespectful attitude toward those generations that built socialism." In a February speech to party leaders, he again complained of people who "try to present our history as a chain of mistakes and crimes and to gloss over great achievements of the past and present." Added Ligachev: "All this is being done under the banner of glasnost -- a shameful occupation...
Mike is a word processor. Hmmmmmm. Click, click, click. Paragraphs from that fellow over there, thoughts from that woman opposite. Phrases from pleasant platitudes past and present. Committee review. Clip and paste. Put this up there, that down here. Reassemble it all in a white plastic machine and then read...