Word: weren
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were all excited to be at home, but we weren't sure if it was going to be a home advantage at all," said sophomore Scott Turco. "It was just great support this weekend, and hopefully some of them will head up to Lake Placid...
...friends and I let ourselves dance wildly, and almost anonymously in the crowd of first years, standing out in our brown corduroy "formal-wear." The dance was pressure-free. We weren't worried about drinking too much, avoiding hook-ups or trying to impress...
...feel like what distinguished the group was an interest in the real world. As intellectuals, what really distinguishes them is that they really wanted to do things relevant to real world situations--they weren't arguing fine points of arcana. My feeling is that intellectual argument is an inherently interesting thing, not only an important thing; there's drama there. People in New York have said to me that we were selling out crowds around the block, and people were surprised. People said this is a political film, that political films do not draw well. Now we'll see what...
...think of going to such an event as this the way most people think about going to the movies and younger men looking to impress their dates, eased into the standing ovation the way people stand to do the wave at a sporting event. It was as if they weren't quite sure how to act around each other. In the end, they decided that they performance was worth the effort it took to stand and the much-needed applause went on for several minutes after that...
...like to think that what I did in middleschool and high school was due to my ownmerits--not because there weren't any guys, saysRalston...