Word: rubbings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This weekend was good preparation for the upcoming ECAC's next weekend in Princeton," Green said. "It gave us necessary singles matches, especially for the freshman to get an opportunity to rub shoulders with national level competition...
...kissed, he fainted. Merriment always seemed to be bubbling just below the surface, even when the topics were somber. When reporters asked about his affiliation with Islam, he joked that he was going to have four wives: one to shine his shoes, one to feed him grapes, one to rub oil on his muscles and one named Peaches. In his boyhood he was ever the prankster and the practical joker. His idea of fun was to frighten his parents--putting a sheet over his head and jumping out at them from a closet, or tying a string to a bedroom...
Sure, but here's the rub: Public service at the political level only is akin to working in the plant where accountability is very diffuse and direct contact with the beneficiaries of policies is very rare. In such settings, the driving force for progressive legislation is interest and not duty. Just as killing the fish directly ensured a deeper sense of responsibility, serving clients directly will remind one of the injustices of society so that accountability cannot be dodged on a daily basis. Only when the desire for social change arises out of duty, rather than interest, will...
...every event, students could rub shoulderswith administrators or with alums such as Lithgow...
Perhaps, if we searched deep within ourselves, we could even come to terms with our expulsion. But HLS went one step further than necessary--instead of merely banning us from Langdell, they felt the need to rub salt into our wounds by attaching a series of thinly veiled threats to their already unpalatable press release...