Word: signs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...state students may lose eligibility for certain scholarships and for admission to some medical schools if they fail to sign up as non-Cambridge residents with their house superintendent...
...just a metaphor that he uses to elucidate the phenomena he is discussing. At one point he admonishes himself and the reader "not to get carried away with subjective metaphors." I suppose if Dawkins had been acquainted with the average Crimson writer he would have put a large sign on the book saying "WARNING: Metaphors contained within. Those who have trouble distinguishing between concrete and figurative language should avoid this book...
...University will pay for the study, which Howland said will begin the first week in May with meetings involving police officials and union leaders. The company must submit an estimate of the study's costs and sign a contract with Harvard...
...following statement is wrong and misleading: "The problem, as far as the Harvard administration is concerned, is that most students who sign on with Southwestern find out the details of the job later rather than sooner." We won't even consider a student until he has heard the facts explained for at least an hour, has seen the books close up and told us whether or not he believes they are quality products, and has had a chance to ask all the questions he desires...
...agitated Rome courtroom past tense police bailiffs with shouts of "Phony justice" and "Basta! Enough of violence against the bodies of women." Outside, more than 2,000 militant feminists crying "Viva Claudia!" and "Claudia is not afraid!" marched defiantly past riot police and raised their hands in a triangular sign denoting the womb. The gesture has become a feminist symbol of solidarity...