Word: urbanity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first paying gigs, a music video for Soul Asylum. She played the angelic sister, Beth, in Little Women, and in her most widely known role to date, on the TV show My So-Called Life, she was an angst-ridden teen called Angela. Now, amid the racy urban grime of Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, she wears white, has a room full of china angels and dons wings for a party. But she insists, "I'm human. I think people see me as sweeter and softer than...
This week, the Dean of Students' Office keenly observed in a flyer that "Students should be aware that there have been incidents involving armed, potentially dangerous criminals who have victimized students in the area of the Yard. Be mindful that this is an urban environment that poses hazards from criminals." (I actually thought Cambridge to be a very rural suburb where there are no potentially dangerous people; glad to say I know the real truth). "Be cautious and please call the H.U.P.D. for assistance. Response will be immediate...
...suggestions to further facilitate our comprehension of the extremely intricate and innovative recommendations provided by this office. This lovely flyer was posted, I assume, all over the campus houses so that all students could enjoy and be proud of the University's rapid response to increasing crime in this urban area...
...thought that I would take the time to go through each of the five brilliant suggestions provided to students just so I could outline how helpful they really have been in creating the new way in which I will walk down the street and carry myself through this frightful urban environment. After all, being born and raised in New York City (is that urban too, Dean of Students' Office?) has in no way affected the way I deal with the Cambridge environment...
...Lock all doors... We want two locked doors between you and the street." You do? Then why do so many houses keep one entryway open for the whole day? Seems to me that helps these urban criminals become aware of our surroundings as well...