Word: walking
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...outside pressure group. This alternative may be symbolically represented by a group of students on the steps of University Hall, reading a list of demands. Second, it may function as an inside pressure group. Symbolically, this approach is realized when some of the students on the steps walk inside, sit down with University administrators, and attempt to effect change through discussion and compromise...
Half the kids who come to Place walk in off the street. Unlike all other shelters in the area, Place has an open referral policy--kids do not have to be referred or funded by another social agency or come from a certain geographical region. The house is always open with staff on duty, 24 hours...
...investments have also gained handsomely. Now he plans to increase his investments. At Deak-Perera, the nation's largest retailer of gold coins, Chairman Nicholas Deak reports that some of his recent customers have been high school kids. Says he: "It's a little scary. They just walk in and say they have a little money and they want to buy a Krugerrand...
Indeed, Simon himself does not always feel confident about his talent. Reinforcing this sense of insecurity is his love-hate affair with the drama critics. Some invariably like his work; others, he declares, walk into the theater hating the play. Claiming he lacks confidence, he willingly accepts the verdicts of those he respects. "I like critics who say to me, 'This is valid, I like it, but you need more work,'" he remarks. However, Simon often finds the opinions of reviewers contradictory or otherwise unhelpful; and then he stops listening to them. "Critics want everything to be either comedy...
Every Wednesday Stockdale and Brennan team for a two-hour lecture; on Thursdays the class joins the discussion in a 90-min. seminar. "This isn't a leadership course," says Stockdale. "It's a walk through the classics...