Word: recessive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...news conference -- only the second one he has held in prime time. Though the session had been planned for two weeks, it was finally scheduled rather quickly. The main reason was to try to counteract a sharp plunge in the polls and do so just before Congress's Easter recess, so that lawmakers would discover pro-Clinton sentiment on the rise back home...
...years, Harvard students have complained about the College tradition of holding fall semester exams after winter recess. The winter vacation rings hollow as students frantically attempt to study for January exams, while also completing papers and problem sets assigned for the January reading period. After this ordeal, students must rejuvenate themselves during the few measly days of intersession...
Founded in the tradition of the best English colleges, Harvard originally "kept" throughout the year. But by 1749, Harvard decided to establish a winter recess in order to allow poorer students time to earn money for their tuition. This vacation lasted five weeks and began the first Wednesday of January...
Students have complained for years about the Harvard tradition of holding fall semester exams after winter recess. The winter vacation rings hollow as papers and problem sets remain due well into reading period and finals linger menacingly in the not-too-far-off future. And time spent with family is often cut short as Harvard students are compelled to rush back to campus in January and then must decide whether it is worth their time and money to attempt to return home for the few days of intersession...
...with the congressional winter recess freeing him from legislative pressures, Clinton has turned the presidential podium into a source of moral guidance for the nation...