Word: prim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unlike the fictional senator, Takano has won a reputation for being prim and proper. At Rialto Junior High, students and teachers alike made fun of his trademark bow tie and tasseled loafers...
...contrast between South Central L.A. and Simi Valley is typical of the city-suburban divide. South Central, a largely black and Hispanic neighborhood of 260,000 people, has long been one of the poorest sections of the city. While there are pockets of prim bungalows sprinkled among the run-down commercial streets and crime-infested housing projects, the average income is just $10,000 per adult. More than a fourth of the area's families are below the poverty line...
...Lamont's third floor erupts into chaos. Undergraduates rush in and out of the lobby. A long line develops as students prepare to show Prim their bags...
...something's wrong; suddenly the line isn't moving. Prim spots the problem right away: He's looking at that sixth person, the one who's stopped the flow of traffic as he struggles to unzip a weighty backpack...
...Here you go," Prim murmurs...