Word: token
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...attempt is made to secure kosher food for Blaine G. Saito, the token Asian-American Hawaiian Jew. Berenika D. Zakrzewski remarks that despite being a New Yorker with many Jewish friends, she’s never had matzoh ball soup, so she’s looking forward to attending a Passover seder...
...hour of the morning when many rock 'n' rollers are hitting the sack, the members of a hard-driving band from New Jersey are just unzipping their gig bags. "We rock at 7:30 sharp," says David Wish, the band's leader, founder and token grownup. Wish's group has a lot on its schedule: a run-through of a Carlos Santana tune, some funk and blues improvisation and a tutorial in stage presence. "Make a face like you're mad, like you mean it," Wish hollers over the din of nine acoustic guitars while windmilling his arm Pete Townshend...
...token roommate to go down and check that it wasn’t actually a fire,” Chittle said. “It’s the biggest boy-who-cried-wolf syndrome ever...I didn’t see anyone downstairs...
...this time the powers that be in the Massachusetts real estate world will not be able to march out the token small-time property owner who might otherwise be unable to afford proper upkeep if rent control is reestablished. Owner occupied buildings of three or fewer residences would be completely exempt from rent control under the new law, and owners with six or fewer units could file for exemptions if they have trouble meeting maintenance costs. Therefore, only those people wealthy enough to own large properties will have to take a cut in their enormous profits. It doesn?...
...Staff is right that token student representation on the board is not enough to open a black box that has been sealed shut for 113 years. But it would be a symbolic victory and would signal the College’s desire to be as open-minded as Harvard Law School—not to mention Yale, MIT, Stanford, University of Chicago and University of California at Berkeley—which have already recognized the value of student representation on their disciplinary boards...