Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...about five layers of clothing I trudged through the Arctic chill blowing along the Charles River, looking for the site of MIT's third annual luau. I knew I was getting close when I saw a car parked on the curb with a large bumper sticker that said, "Aloha spirit. Don't leave home without it." I quickly made my way toward the warm glow emanating from Walker Memorial Hall where I was greeted with the brimming smiles of friends from back home, tropical flowers, and beautiful Hawaiian music...
Most Quad residents have grown to love the Quad, and if given the choice to move to the River, would not take it. Who had the most spirit at Annenberg while welcoming the first-years? Currier, Pforzheimer and Cabot clearly outdid the rest of the houses in sheer number and decibel level. Even though we comprise just one-fourth of the total upper-class population, the Quad had an equal number of representatives at Annenberg as the River houses combined. The feeling of bonding was genuine, not contrived...
...half, where is mention of Gotcha, the Roommate Game and our own Drag Night? Not to mention Thursdayfest and the Battle of the Bonds slated for this April. And our awesome volleyball team. And our diverse population--we have the highest minority population of any house. And spirit. The list goes...
...Ethiopia in their 30-year-long struggle. They were outmanned, outgunned, abandoned or betrayed by every ally; their cause was hopeless. They won by force of character, a unity and determination so steely not all the modern armaments, superpower support or economic superiority of Ethiopia could withstand it. The spirit that saw the Eritreans through 10 years in the trenches of their mountain redoubt at Nakfa has built them a nation from scratch, since independence was finally consummated...
...White House. Presidential lawyer James Kennedy says the Jones team made the mistake of asking for the documents from Clinton personally, rather than from the White House, and that they were well aware of the distinction. It?s a denial that sticks within the letter, if not the spirit, of the law -- and leaves the Clinton administration somewhat open to the charge made by Orrin Hatch, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, in Sunday?s New York Times. ?The White House,? Hatch wrote, ?appears as interested in the truth as O.J. Simpson is in finding Nicole Simpson?s killer...