Word: scandinavian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There are sentimental reasons too to keep them around. We go back a long way--bears and humans. The word berserk, for example, means "dressed in a bearskin" and comes from the ancient Scandinavian warrior custom of running around and pretending to be one. Paleolithic Europeans may have worshipped bears; at least a cavern discovered last year in southern France featured a bear skull, "placed on a large rock set in the middle of a gallery against a backdrop of bear paintings." Besides, wouldn't it be kind of sad if the only vestige of Ursus horribilis were some...
...standing around the airport, which had been festooned with GO SONICS! signs, looked gloomy. It's true, of course, that people in Seattle can look gloomy even in the off season, despite the city's obvious charms. It rains a lot, after all, and many Seattle residents are of Scandinavian descent. I wouldn't attempt to describe in detail what it's like to come upon Scandinavians who have been rained on for a while, except to say that it doesn't have much in common with seeing Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor...
...outstanding work with RCS, the skill required to coax musical excellence out of inexperienced singers and the enthusiasm with which Boston-area critics, players and audiences receive Bev's concerts, as well as her fine international reputation. Did anyone imagine that she was invited to England, the Scandinavian countries or Poland to enjoy miles of shimmering tropical beaches? The want of security prompted her to initiate an outside job search. To her credit, she was considered for several of the nation's top positions and, unlike many junior faculty members who do not receive tenure, remained committed to giving...
Stephen A. Mitchell, Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore, and current chair of the Committee on Folklore & Mythology, takes a similar approach. "When I spill salt, I throw it over my shoulder," he remarks, pantomiming the motion. Mitchell says he learned this superstition from watching his parents but is not bothered that none of his children observe it. seems a breach of table manners...
...real economical party," said John J. Tepedino '95, who wrote a thesis comparing the governments of Britain and United States based on a Scandinavian model of governments interacting with social interest groups. "They give alcohol to people who haven't slept in a week and thus have a very low tolerance...