Word: ran
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last week I ran into a hilarious thread on the Internet newsgroup harvard.general about the ever-difficult problem of admitting to acquaintances just where we go to school. For me, there are times when proudly declaring "I go to Harvard" is an asset, but more often than not, especially at home, it causes raised eyebrows, quick judgments, and the mocking "Ha-vaad" accent. I don't think my own mother has ever voluntarily told anyone in Baltimore where I go to college, except to say, "She goes to school in Boston." Admittedly, I've fallen prey to using this line...
...needed hope; the screens teemed with movies about women. Strong women, saintly or desperate ones, but always smart. Greta Garbo drove men to their doom; Barbara Stanwyck did the same and went along for the ride. Carole Lombard traded quips and punches with her co-stars. Rosalind Russell ran giant corporations from her perch as executive secretary to some very soft plutocrats. Katharine Hepburn, a cool goddess, came to earth to cuddle with Spencer Tracy. Bette Davis strutted her sensationally neurotic hauteur. Joan Crawford played the unapologetic gold digger, which is how she leveled half a dozen other star actresses...
...came to mind more recently when Bob Dole denounced Trainspotting as one of the most contemptible movies, made by people who have no known connection to the Republican Party. The heroin addicts Trainspotting deals with look almost as depraved as the models in a 12-page ad Calvin Klein ran in the September issue of Vanity Fair...
Erika L. Guckenberger '00, who ran successfully for a council seat in the Southeast Yard district, said the low turnout is not just the council's fault...
Only 19 out of the 88 council members are returning from last year. In fact, only 20 of last year's council members ran this fall, with Brian J. Chan '99, a Crimson editor, the sole loser...