Word: spending
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Also at the ceremony yesterday, Melissa S. Lane'88-'89, of Dunster House, was awarded apresidential commendation. Lane, who is a leaderof the Freshman Outdoor Program, has taughtEnglish to Latin America refugees in Boston andwill spend the summer leading a wilderness programfor urban youth. Presidential commendations aregiven by the Radcliffe president to those who havemade special contributions to the community...
...spend most of my time in the kitchen or shopping. I spend hours looking for clothes and food. There are no kitchen appliances -- mixers, graters, dishwashers, clothes dryers, appliances that make women's work easier. I get tired a lot. Really tired...
Both sides of the legalization debate cite the example of alcohol, without really understanding it. Pro-legalizers say other drugs are no worse than alcohol and it's hypocritical for society to spend millions trying to ban the use of "drugs" while other millions are spent promoting the use of Scotch. Anti-legalizers say, hypocrisy or not, we're stuck with the social costs of alcohol but that doesn't mean we need to add other drugs to the vicious stew...
...lectores, or readers. Cigar workers contributed 25 cents a week to pay these so-called princes of the factories to read to them while they worked. Perched on a platform high above the cigar rollers, the lector (who earned the then exorbitant salary of $80 a week) would usually spend two hours in the morning reading newspapers and periodicals. After a hearty lunch, he would resume in the afternoon with the classics. The works of Victor Hugo, Cervantes, Emile Zola, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Shakespeare were all eagerly absorbed...
Instead, Vera's life is often lonely and sometimes cruel. Classmates sense that she is different. At a party last year, the boys decided they would ask every girl to dance -- except Vera. The parents of Vera's best friend no longer allow their daughter to spend the night at the Ziemans' apartment...