Word: upping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Not all responses, however, made me want to add a psychological evaluation to the admissions process. One very reasonable student explained that our academic schedule exists in order to make room for reading period. Unfortunately, when asked to explain the existence of those two lecture-less weeks before finals he...
Somehow, I doubt that institutionalized cramming-time was what the administration had in mind. Clearly, however, students often treat it as such. And when undergraduates choose not to spend their reading periods cramming, they use it to visit friends at other schools. To clarify matters here are the words of...
Age makes no difference, and neither does age difference, for that matter. All single gym-junkies are fair game, and conquests are sure to be discussed in the locker rooms. Flirtation tends to intensify during the 5:30-7:30 p.m. rush, although a few gym-junkies a little unclear...
When the European Union proposed a plan to isolate and weaken Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic by delivering heating oil directly to towns run by his opponents, U.S. diplomats were skeptical. They said the oil - which Serbia badly needs this winter because of the Western embargo - would either fail to reach...
For the day after Thanksgiving, lead with the (mostly) good news: We're still flush. The evidence is both statistical (personal income rose 1.3 percent in October, the biggest monthly jump in nearly five years) and anecdotal (thousands nationwide lined up as early as Thursday nightto be first in line...