Word: wearings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...JUST NOT THAT BEAUTIFUL When Mary Louise Streep hit seventh grade, she refused to wear the glasses she had needed since age 4 because, she says, "I wanted to be pretty." She succeeded--she was chosen to be homecoming queen. But being unattractive is an accusation Streep has fought all her career, even in The Deer Hunter days, when she was a certifiable knockout. Frankel thinks one of the reasons Streep made a big popcorny movie like Prada is that with three daughters, she's critically aware of the well-patrolled borders of traditional beauty and the Minutemen-like function...
...Riviera holds much temptation itself. Concurrently hosting the American Cue Sports convention in addition to Yearly Kos, the "Riv" is a rambling, mirrored box wreathed in antiquated neon with a Las Vegas address but a distinctly Reno ambiance. Inside the conference facility, the faded carpet is nubby with wear, the mirrors that line the halls are dim and pock-marked, and fluorescent lights cast green shadows onto the face of a lonely security guard who sits in a desk chair, eating Doritos...
...York Times article or others like it; my personal views about balancing a career and a domestic life are quite conflicted. But my belief about the right of each woman to make her own individual choices—about career path, family life, or what clothes to wear tomorrow—without the responsibility or the constraint of her gender is steadfast. And the effort to contextualize, and thus compartmentalize, every action a woman makes within the broader framework of “women’s roles” often obscures this individuality.It seems that the tendency...
...volunteer to be an alumni interviewer. You yourself contact the Harvard Alumni Association and let them know how you would like to be involved as an alum going forward. You get in touch with the Harvard Club of whatever city you are residing in and participate in events. You wear the ‘H’ proudly in your daily life, actively recruit people for Harvard, and rap “Fight Fiercely, Harvard” from time to time. You take to heart the following words of Helen Keller: “I am one, but still...
...still is now, a home away from home. But while Rose Hill marks where my roots lie, Harvard Yard marks where I found myself—not so much different as I was before, but more self-assured than I’ve ever been.I still wear Fordham apparel around campus, and I still follow the Rams in Atlantic 10 basketball and Patriot League football. Later this summer, I’ll serve as a groomsman at my brother Tom’s wedding at Fordham’s University Chapel. This time, when I see the family and they...