Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very little to do with style or fashion. The clothes appeared to be a hodge-podge of no-name designers from a variety of seasons. The Fashion Association of Boston had to rely on alternate events such as a body image discussion panel and art and photography exhibits to stretch out the week's meager fashion offerings. Essentially, the intentions of the Fashion Association were "to establish a relationship with the public and the media...
During the stretch, it was difficult to discern whether it was the Huskies or the Crimson that had an undefeated record. Harvard, the No. 22 team in the nation, was playing in its typical disciplined, organized, relentless style...
...think that Harvard's greatest goal is to stretch the men and women of the College to their fullest abilities," said Redmond, who is also a Crimson editor. "Large sections and inexperienced TFs do not help us move towards this goal...
...rewarded with his big, Denzel Washington dazzler. Boys reach out to slap his palm. Stephen, 17, is irresistible. Kids are impressed that he's snagged one of the world's coolest after-school jobs: ball boy for the Boston Celtics. Teachers adore his diligence and willingness to stretch beyond what is required. And everyone is amazed that despite his achievements as a student (3.4 average), an athlete (baseball, track and golf), a musician (honors choir) and volunteer (Big Brother, among others), he remains, as headmaster Robert Weintraub puts it, "the nicest guy on the planet, the most decent...
Academic competition can get pretty ugly, especially in the home stretch of high school, when valedictory honors and college applications loom. "We have students who would cut off somebody's feet to get ahead," says chemistry teacher Bob Cunningham. "Stephen's not like that. He's actually helpful to others in the lab, which would be anticompetitive." English teacher Denise Bacote agrees, "Some kids say, 'Give me an A.' Stephen asks what he can do to earn an A." Bacote recalls when Stephen insisted on revising an article he wrote for a journalism class, even though it was already graded...