Word: spirit
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...damned if you do Dewolfe, but damned if you don’t. The Dewolfe suites are slightly larger and offer the lush amenities of a full bath, cable (if you pay), and a kitchen. But what you gain in creature comforts you lose in house spirit. Rooming in the house is cramped, with not even seniors guaranteed n+1 housing. But the community, Kirklanders will tell you, all but makes up for it. And you’ll find yourself playing social catch-up if you’re too lazy to make the long hike from Dewolfe...
...bill through budget reconciliation, the end-of-the-year budget bill that needs only a simple majority of 50 votes to pass the Senate, thus avoiding a potential GOP filibuster. Republicans have repeatedly warned Democrats against trying to pass health care in that fashion, saying it goes against the spirit of the normal legislative process for such a sweeping bill. In return, many Democrats have argued that President Bush pushed through several large initiatives by this same process, such as his tax cuts and deficit-reduction legislation. But Rockefeller recently said he worried that trying to use budget reconciliation...
Since he enjoys name recognition across the state, and his ranger spirit mirrors that of the Texas, the idea is probably not out of the question. For that matter, he would probably also take over the University of Texas at Austin and name the university after himself. But one things certain: this man won't need any stimulus for his endowment. (Cue laugh track...
...This year we managed to attract outside choreographers—someone from Expressions [Dance Company], as well as a South Asian choreographer. Since this is the seniors’ last performance, they are going all out. We also have a lot of incoming freshman that are really talented. The spirit is great this year. In the program, we have a huge variety of tempos, different styles and different feels, and some of the performances are even humorous. THC: Why should people go to Eastbound this weekend? JH: A lot of people have misconceptions of what Asian dance is like...
...mundane. “The Abattoir” is a chapbook with 23 poems that frequently use the everyday to direct the reader on to more abstract concerns of love, loss, and a decaying spirituality. Written in Cambridge and published out of Georgetown, Kentucky, the poems frequently evoke the spirit of down-home Americana. In “Window-Shopping,” a broken-hearted man stares into the windows of a “haberdashery.” In “Overwintering”, a man looking at “all the lovely things of this...