Word: smalls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conform to fashion dictates. Oxbridge was the seat of elite male education in Britannia. In her 1994 work, "The Lawn: A History of an American Obsession," Virginia Scott Jenkins relates how the lawn concept emerged in the 18th century, when the gardens at Versailles were designed to include a small lawn, called the "tapis vert" and the popularity of Lancelot Brown's landscape stylings in Britain ("a new, elite style characterized by a mixture of meadows, water and trees, with grazing animals and graceful curves") meant that the lawn look ascended to primacy in the status hierarchy of the elite...
...Glenn has gotten the Levinson and Phi Beta Kappa awards, the two teaching awards here," Rest said. "Dan has the Phi Beta Kappa. The University emphasizes multidisciplinary classes, small classes, and undergraduate teaching, and that's what this class is all about. It embodies those qualities so perfectly. Getting rid of these teachers is hypocritical...
...They definitely need more classes like my junior tutorial," Rest says. "It doesn't have to be a tutorial, but it should be a small class where you can put everything together and synthesize things...
...think my head has reasonable proportion," he says. "If it's disproportionately large, I never thought about it." His perceptions were warped when, as part of the shoot, he had to don a cap and gown from the photographer's wardrobe. Unfortunately, all of the mortarboards were too small. "The woman just kept making these comments like, 'You must have a lot of brain in there,'" Caraminis recalls...
...hands approach will be the envy of all once perfected. Dangle your card at the bottom of the reader until it catches. with a quick jerk of the neck, whip the card up and out of the slot. When executed correctly, you may feel a sharp pain in the small of the back--have no fear, this will be quickly soothed by the glowing accolades from you colleagues...