Word: regressivity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...each other. Contrary to life at Harvard, back home we all felt comfortable making stupid conversation and resorting to humor of the lowest common denominator. And, after spending a year in an environment of such intellectualism and personal growth, it would be a nice change of pace simply to regress...
...that sense, our interaction that night wasn't an attempt really to regress towards adolescence. Nor was it an attempt to fight the inevitable. Rather, it was our way of telling each other that we still held those "good ole' days" close to our hearts. In our own unique way, we were paying tribute to a friendship by re-enacting its most memorable aspect...
...frankly, after the obligatory minor spasms of unreasoning, abject fear had rippled from hair follicles to bowel, it seemed to me that maybe the end of civilization as we know it isn't such a bad idea. After all, in our long, tedious march of regress have we earthlings really accomplished much besides spewing garbage, ammunition and the Jerry Springer Show into the environment? Wouldn't it set a nice example if we could just for once accept the inevitable and issue a press release reading, "Hey, we gave it our best shot, but we really weren...
Folkman's office is inundated with hundreds ofphone calls from hopeful cancer patients and theirfamily members each day. Some have read in thenewspaper that one of the inhibitors has beenshown to regress leukemia. Others call to seekmedical guidance for cancer...
...such parity decorating the league this season it is easy to get caught in hyperbole, but there is no denying that Harvard was at the top of its game for 20 minutes last night. The question that remains is whether or not the Crimson will continue that play or regress to inconsistent hockey...