Word: vein
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same vein, the Academics Committee of the council this year drew up a report on the quality of sections in courses. It urged professors to teach sections whenever possible and to set up regular meetings with section leaders to discuss course topics. In addition, the committee tackled the dearth of offerings in the History Department. By consulting with department members, the committee determined it would be feasible for the department to offer at least one course each year in the history of England, France, Germany and Russia...
...Parodies are generally directed at the outside world and this was an internal letter," said Vince T. Chang '84, who introduced the Undergraduate Council resolution. "This letter seems to be in the general vein of the organization. And according to people I've spoken to the newsletters in the past have looked a whole lot like this," he added...
Hart has been able to tap a vein of idealism that is a permanent feature of the American political landscape but accessible only to an occasional candidate. "I haven't felt as excited about a campaign since Kennedy," says James H. Kean, 42, an export trader and retired Marine colonel from Mercer Island, Wash. "The neat thing about Hart's campaign is that it's mostly volunteers. It's that corny American democracy...
...well after the noon hour in the sprawling urban slum where 22-year-old Mali lives. Clothes hang on a nearby line, and small children play in the dusty path. Squatting on a doorstep, Mali (a pseudonym) lifts her scarred right arm and feels for a usable vein. No one seems to notice as she grips one end of a yellow plastic cord in her teeth and winds the other end tightly around her arm, readying it for the needle. It could be the South Bronx, East Los Angeles, Amsterdam or London-the traditional dumping grounds for Asia...
...just didn't want the sadness to linger over Co Captain Ken Plutnicki now. Instead we wanted to remember John in a happy vein...