Word: realm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...half-hearted effort. The schools are admitting, contrary to every public statement they make, that they put football players in a completely different admissions category, where the athlete clearly takes precedence over the student part of the student-athlete. The index takes the admission decision out of the realm of the University honor and insures it will bend its academic standards a set number of times in the search for gridiron glory...
...father represents the 'new man' of the Law School, and if his portrait can inspire others like him to take these tools and craft great works in any and every realm, whether academic or economic, he deserves a place in these hallowed halls," said his daughter, Leslie N. Lewis...
...currents reflect this shortage of civility in modern civilization. The "communitarian" movement, lately championed by Democratic and Republican leaders alike, aims to restore a sense of social kinship, and thus of moral responsibility. And various scholars and politicians (including Putnam) are now bemoaning the shrinkage of civil society, that realm of community groups, from the Boy Scouts to the Rotary Club, that once not only kept America shipshape but met deep social needs...
When I decided to work on Wall Street this summer, I expected and hoped to learn a lot. Not surprisingly, I believed that most of this education would occur in the realm of finance. And while I certainly have learned more about yield curves, maturity dates and bond ratings than I could ever have dreamed, the most eye-opening experiences of the summer have come from observing the workings of the business world itself, the "real world" outside Harvard that awaits (some might say threatens) us upon graduation...
Camelot is, in spirit, more a modern gated community than a myth- enshrouded 6th century realm. And the great romance that was played out there--legend's Ur-Triangle--comes across in First Knight as not much more consequential than suburban adultery. Or, to be strictly accurate, adulterous yearnings. Guinevere and Lancelot never actually consummate their affair in this movie. A couple of kisses aside, they sin entirely in their heads, and then quite guiltily. One can easily imagine them as Gwen and Lance, furtively smooching on the 18th tee during a country-club dance, or stealing glances across...