Word: recentering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...because of the recent inflationary growth in the number of groups on campus (students started over 20 new groups last year, and Darling said he expects that as many as 170 groups will apply for grants this year), the average grant size is expected to decrease again this year...
Seton said the council is calling on the administration to share some of the wealth from its recent capital campaign, and match whatever revenue the council collected in term bill revenue...
Typically strong runners like junior Mary Unsworth, senior captain Kate Moynihan, and sophomore Erin Leonard, all finished behind 10th place. Unsworth is recovering from the flu and, despite leading for the first mile, dropped back in the pack after having trouble breathing. The recent hard training and hilly terrain proved to be trouble for the others on the team as well...
...randomized Houses, which are themselves organized around the notion of a placid diversity. This diversity is one that is in fact all about sameness through the controlled introduction of difference with the express purpose of assimilation. The phantasmatic nature of that equivalence-through-admixture is borne out by the recent homophobic actions of those who would entirely reject any affinity (real or imagined) with queers. Proximity is not dialogue...
...stepgrandparent needs to be patient in building a relationship with a child, and Klopfer recommends finding a special role. Cheryl and Robert Jones of Oklahoma City are recent stepgrandparents of two boys, five and seven. "It had been a long time since I was around children," Cheryl admits, "and there's a lot about dealing with them that I had forgotten." Since the elder boy is interested in computers, she quizzes colleagues at work about the best websites for kids. When he visits her, they explore the sites together...