Word: waved
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dancing On My Grave promises to send a shock wave through the ballet world. Kirkland's story will change the way we view the romantic life of frilly tutus and delicate swanlike poses. As a more confident and mature Gelsey Kirkland prepares for her comeback, she has forced us to see that she is one of the lucky few to survive the dance with dignity...
...constitutionally protected freedoms. That's about as absurd as forcing students to agree not to discuss politics in the dorms for fear of creating a ruckus, or banning political buttons on campus for fear of offending others. A contract that violates the Constitution may give John Silber something to wave in his hand, but B.U. students wisely called his bluff. Silber's contract typifies his attempt to dress up his actions, but he really adorns himself in the Emperor's wardrobe...
...began to chant, and to sway back and forth. "Smash ROTC, No Expansion: Smash ROTC. No Expansion." The noise on the steps increased. Suddenly it swelled and I saw a surging tidal wave of baby blue helmets, and baby-blue jackets criss-crossed wildly by thick brown clubs. The cops were rushing into the landing way behind the steps, smashing their clubs down on the kids who were waiting helpless. They weren't looking where they were hitting, just holding their clubs up and bringing them down as quickly and in as many directions as they could. I heard moans...
...while reasonable deals are still available. Warned an editorial in the Star, Johannesburg's largest daily newspaper: "The present disinvestment stream could become a flood, as foreign companies rush to cash in their chips while the going's good." Pretoria is hoping that Barclays' departure is not the first wave of the flood...
There is tremendous misuse of words and phrases which stems from ignorance about the words' definitions. Some of this is particularly common in the speech of people outside the fields of humanities from which these words come. Often we hear that deconstructionism is the hottest new wave in literary analysis. But how many of us know even a little about how it works? And how many of us forget that rationalism refers specifically to the belief that humans have a cognitive faculty which allows for reason independent of experience (it does not simply refer to the process of "thinking logically...