Word: toils
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...besides projecting an image of "maternal chic," would one opt to spend hours of toil on a pair of socks when one could support the local sweatshop by picking up a pair at Filene's Basement? Like foxhunts, senior theses and binge drinking, the point is the process, not the end result. "Nothing says I love you like a pair of well-knit socks," claims Lowell House sophomore Michael C. Large...
...friends who row find the "rowing is a metaphor for life" idea to be trite, but none denies its truth. Nothing teaches the lessons of life more clearly: the importance of self-directed discipline, of teamwork and cohesion, of sacrifice and toil. Nothing can be so simultaneously frustrating and strangely satisfying. While winning the race is important, equally important is the quality and integrity of the preparation building up to it. And after all that, you still could lose the race by 0.6 seconds--a margin of three feet--as Harvard's varsity heavyweight crew did at last year...
...freedom meant the outpouring of national pride in the prowess of our sporting teams, in our new constitution and more, then this past year has been one in which slowly but surely we are all coming to better appreciate the difficulties of change, as well as the sweat and toil required to improve our lives and forge out our unity as a nation," Mandela said in his most recent New Year's address to the nation...
...places, the civil rights of gays and lesbians are in question. A women's right to choose is threatened daily. Guns are still available far too readily. And though the economy is strong, Bill Gates and his ilk are reaping more than their fair share as thousands continue to toil from dawn to dusk, day after day, merely to make ends meet...
...Chairman of the Visiting Committee of the Kennedy School. In addition to his contributions to the University, Raines served as the architect of this summer's historic budget bill. In comparison with many of his Washington contemporaries, Raines' efforts have met with relatively little media attention. Yet his quiet toil has produced huge benefits to the nation. As the chief actor in the budget negotiations, he has been pivotal in determining the outcome of the most important of the Federal Government's undertakings...