Word: visitor
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...their alcohol. An awkward way to ask for a drink, perhaps. The party’s host, Mark, a current sophomore who asked FM to keep his name private because he does not want to be associated with the event, didn’t think much of the odd visitor at first. Reaching into his desk, Mark says he then took out a bag of marijuana. That was enough for the visitor, who then asked Mark to cut the music. This mysterious partygoer was shutting this party down. He was a freshman proctor.Mark feared strict disciplinary action. He soon found...
...rate fractionals are selling, the next stop could be, say, Talladega, Ala., or Hanover, Pa., where the nascar and horse crowds hang. A wild thought, perhaps. But when cattle used to outnumber people in the Roaring Fork Valley, who would have believed a visitor could find this place, let alone drop a million bucks to stay on Durant Avenue so he could boogie at the Belly Up club...
...traditions. Mindful of some pernicious side effects of economic growth, he introduced the idea of "Gross National Happiness"?taking account of such intangibles as cultural integrity and spiritual well-being?as an alternative to Gross National Product. Mark Mancall, a history professor at Stanford University and a regular visitor to Bhutan, says the King's initiatives are "an important social and political experiment in today's world...
...Sidney Verba and Director of Federal and State Relations Kevin Casey have spoken out this semester against the provisions of the PATRIOT Act that let the feds obtain library and other student records on demand.But Mass. Hall has been mum on other intrusive programs like the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), which keeps close tabs on international students, and the Pentagon database recently revealed to be tracking millions of people at colleges nationwide.On the home front, the Deans of the College have learned it’s generally better not to try and hold back student protests...
...million in debt and worried that renewal of their gambling compact would be blocked by hostile local authorities?and that their casino business would be eaten away by others looking to get a piece of the action. So tribal leaders were eager to hear from the handsome, dandily dressed visitor who had flown in from Washington with his partner on a private jet, shared some of their fried chicken in the council hall, then waited for them to turn off the tape recorder that they used for official business...