Word: pursuits
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...thing’s for certain—any surplus stress added on to the valiant pursuit of enjoying “quality time” with the fam during the holidays is less than ideal. It takes enough energy to get through the supposedly benevolent guidance from grammy about matters such as precisely where you should part your hair or button your blouse...
...straight wins over two weak opponents, Fordham and Duquesne, before dropping their final eight contests of the year. Columbia was outscored 293-63 in its seven Ivy League games, including five defeats by 30 or more points. “The athletics program at Columbia is committed to the pursuit of academic and athletic excellence, and our record of performance in football this year has been unacceptable,” Murphy added. “The young men who play football for Columbia University, our alumni and students—and the entire university community—deserve a football...
...Because our actions and desires cannot be so simplistically categorized. Because dating is not exclusively about male pursuit of female. Because relationships are complicated, and there are no laws of attraction...
...past few years, so many hate crimes have been caused by misunderstandings about religions,” Yanamadala said. Don Larsen, the pastor at the University Lutheran Church and a representative from the House Harvard Square Homeless Shelter, agreed that HIC served a greater international pursuit. “The world’s peace is dependent upon people learning to respect one another’s religious peculiarities,” Larsen said. “Through meetings like this, people can go beyond what is comfortable to explore what may seem alien and perhaps threatening...
...said. “We’re going to have clean fun: no alcohol and no seven minutes in the closet.” The night started out casually—the Mather House Council provided popcorn, candy and hot chocolate. A group of students played Trivial Pursuit in the back of the dining hall. And at midnight, the council paid for taxis to shuttle students to IHOP. Alas, no students actually slept over in the dining hall, but Jones said that hadn’t been the intention. “After people went to IHOP, they went...