Word: secrets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vote in the House was not only about steel. Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt made no secret of his intent to make steel only the first step in a general protectionist program. He called for a plan "to combat the unfair imports" that have resulted from the economic crisis, saying "the U.S. should not be forced to unilaterally take in a massive global import surge." Such a move would be one of the most dangerous actions we could undertake. Removing the booming U.S. economy from the world scene would make recovery far more difficult, as well as probably...
...when an alum refused to give to Radcliff College Fund: no special prizes, and above all, no score for me. But the fact that they construe my choice as selfish or unthinking makes me suspect there's something more behind the need to make everyone give. Sort of like Secret Santa, where everyone is assigned a gift and recipient but ends up giving boring little gifts to the sole satisfaction of the person coordinating the affair in the first place. No one really considers Secret Santa chotchkes gift, and the person in control feels they did all the giving...
...charges of elitism are well-founded. However, the goal in choosing new members is to assemble a diverse group of students from different backgrounds of different races, and of both sexes. "Kind of the opposite of final clubs," says one Harvard freshman proctor who was a member of a secret society. The group of 15 is simply chosen--there is no "rush" or initiation process. They pay no dues or fees during their year as members; all funding comes from alumni of the societies...
Societies eat meals together and meet twice a week. Students claim that though the societies--because they are so secret--play a small role on student life, for members they are a large time commitment...
Certainly, the name doesn't lie: The societies are well contained. Many students interviewed admitted to having no idea what goes on within the societies. Despite the relatively small influence they have on general student life at Yale, the societies are no secret on the Web, especially the most prestigious and oldest of the societies: Skull and Bones. Grouped with such organizations as the Illuminati and the Knights Templar, conspiracy theorists have had a heyday describing just how Skull and Bones conceives of further plots to psychologicallycontrol and manipulate the human race. An essayfound on the Web about Skull...