Word: relishing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Potential for Concentration. Contingent. A font of temptation for the easily distracted. (See any "Noah's Archives.") However, those who relish the archetypal collegiate image of the student hunched over a desk in a small cubicle, engulfed by books, will find their paradise in the stacks (See "Noah's Archives" again.) Hiding on any of the seven floors, plus the moving stacks, offers isolation from the ever-encroaching social world...
Knowles read the parts of the bird, the duck and--of course--the grandfather with relish. His voice shook with fear and apprehension as the wolf chased the animals. The dean shivered when the duck jumped in the pond, and he gulped when the wolf swallowed the duck...alive...
Newt & Co. say they are simply trying to bring reason to federal regulation. They relish citing examples of overzealous enforcement-the sheep rancher who was fined $4,000 for shooting a grizzly bear that was attacking him, or the landowners who were sent to jail for building on "wetlands," a broad term that regulators have applied to property that contains standing water for as little as 11 days in a year...
Mather House residents do seem to enjoy having the kids around. "I adore playing with the little rugrats," explained a senior concentrating in French, and Russian Literature Students especially relish the light-hearted diversion the children create. "It's so nice to see kids playing when you're all stressed over a paper or midterm," said a student attempting to disengage a toddler from his calf. "Playing with them definitely brings back your sense of perspective." And for those feeling a bit lonely, the children lend Mather a sort of family-type atmosphere. The kids are almost ridiculously well-behaved...
Dance attendees seemed to relish the theme of Anti-Valentine's not merely out of bitterness, but also out of playful cynicism. Although people did not go as far as calling Valentine's Day a spawn of Satan, many view it as a commercialized ploy. Leverett's Aaron Caughey '95 found the idea of Anti-Valentine's Day Dances "fabulous. I think Valentine's Day puts a lot of pressure on people. But this says it's okay to be single--there's no pressure. Valentine's Day is a bit of a marketing thing--you know 'how much stuff...