Word: tensed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard Square is the center of the quintessential college town. Tens of thousands of students daily crowd its streets, all looking for places to have fun and, most importantly, to eat. Yet for all those forlorn souls looking for food at 3 a.m., there are no options but The Tasty...
In fact, what was ailing us was a good deal more concrete than Seltzer suggested. The U.S. was in the midst of a postwar upheaval tearing tens of millions of us loose from the moorings of generations. From the agrarian South to the industrial North, from Frostbelt to Sunbelt, from...
Mild in comparison with the U.S., social ills are nevertheless becoming more acute. The use of amphetamines and marijuana is growing, as is the fear of crime. In the past, only members of the Mafia, or yakuza, carried guns, and for the most part they killed only other yakuza. But...
But the staff goes awry when it attempts to turn this ban into some grand, insensitive swipe at religious freedom rather than an understandable--if ineffective--precaution. Menorahs are dangerous. There were two incidents last semester in which makeshift menorahs started fires, and there is usually at least one such...
THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT TAXPAYers spend to promote Uncle Ben's rice in Poland, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The $2 billion government outlay that helps keep electric power a bargain in Aspen and Hilton Head. The $3 million that a cargo-ship owner can expect to pocket for making his...