Word: presented
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After we passed the roadblock we decided it would be safer to ditch the car and take to public transportation, which we did, always with the image before us of that one great present. As we discussed our plans with those around us on the train we met nothing but discouragement, but we would not listen to doubters. To much hung in balance. While we talked I grew nervous, and Namo's palms were sweating. At this point Christmas was less than nine hours away...
...really want to non-plus the people on your gift list you hunt around the Quincy Market until you find the store which sells nothing but seashells and related items in the line of maritime oddities. Think of the look on your Grandmother's face when you present her with a carefully--wrapped, three--feet across chunk of purple brain coral. If this sort of thrill is worth 125 clams to you, go ahead. If you're a bit more modest you could send her a shark tooth necklace or even a complete shark jaw for a reasonable amount...
...light of present cost-control measures and Proposition 13 fever, there is probable reluctance on the part of Congressmen to undertake federal welfare reform programs. However, the governor is going to stress the validity of these programs and point out the inefficiencies of present programs, especially in the Northeastern states," W. David Stephenson, Dukakis press secretary, said yesterday...
...times. Her "season," far from being a winter--long whirl of activities, takes place in the few weeks when everyone is home for Christmas vacation. In year's past, a deb often faced the agonizing choice of making a debut or going to college. Today, individual families rarely present their daughters as in times past. Instead, some type of social organization whith a name like the Bachelor's Club or the Spinster's Circle sponsors her and her sister debutantes. That is, they will give the presentation ball and coordinate the various social functions, in return for a considerable...
Rosovsky also discusses the present GSAS financial aid policy, which calculates a student's monetary needs and places the responsibility for funding the student on the individual's department...