Word: substandards
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...raising rents, the authorities have been neglecting maintenance; now Congress is considering a bill to increase federal subsidies. Over the past three decades, the Federal Government has put more than $7 billion into housing subsidies and urban renewal. Still, one-sixth of the U.S. population lives in overcrowded or substandard housing...
...Crimson was angry after that game. The Columbia game was going to mark the beginning of Harvard's second season, the one that really counted. But now with the entire left side of the offensive line either missing or substandard, with grad Drew Czulewicz still unable to play and with two major injuries in the defensive backfield Columbia doesn't look so easy...
...Northeastern can offer little depth behind their limited quality, and it is here that the Crimson should pull away. At least one of McCurdy's substandard performers should score among the top eight finishers, and senior Erik Roth can be counted upon to challenge anyone on the Husky ladder...
Four of Harvard's top performers-Roy Shaw, Keith Colburn, Dave Pottetti and Bobby Seals-will be competing in substandard physical condition, and McCurdy might have to rely heavily on the middle of his ladder, which usually provides "overkill" depth, to pull out a victory...
...though, the persistent growth of euphemism in a language represents a danger to thought and action, since its fundamental intent is to deceive. As Linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf has pointed out, the structure of a given language determines, in part, how the society that speaks it views reality. If "substandard housing" makes rotting slums appear more livable or inevitable to some people, then their view of American cities has been distorted and their ability to assess the significance of poverty has been reduced. Perhaps the most chilling example of euphemism's destructive power took place in Hitler...