Word: worth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...White House claimed that the trip cost only $1,260 more than if Carter had traveled by helicopter-and was well worth the price. Carter traveled by rail, he later explained, to show that "trains represent the future and not the past in transportation in America." Baltimore was the first of several cities he plans to visit in the next few weeks to push for his energy program and, not incidentally, to try to revive his declining political fortunes...
...believe that he actually has been living on money that he salted away during his years of wheeling and dealing. In any event, he had no trouble in making bail after his arrest in New York last March: he put up his apartment in the Pierre Hotel, which is worth $500,000, and $ 150,000 in cash...
Local chauvinism habitually thrives on the disparagement of rival places or areas. Thus Minneapolis enjoys writing off St. Paul as though it were a mill village, and Dallas takes malicious glee in depicting Fort Worth as the sticks. South Dakotans often pretend to believe that North Dakotans are an alien race, and northern Californians regard the state's southerly part as a land of incurable kooks. Chronic twitting, in fact, may be taken as a sure sign that provincial pride is robust...
...Radcliffe Pitches: their name gets them into trouble sometimes. The women's a capella version of the Kroks, the Pitches try to be a cross between cabaret singers and Sweet Adelines, with campy results. It's all in fun, and worth it when they sing "In the Mood...
...stand at the fringes, cringing or remaining aloof. Just remember to be aware of the distance to the exit from any room you find yourself in, and make sure you can get there on a moment's notice. Don't even talk to obvious assholes, they're not worth the effort. Refuse to reveal the essential details beyond name and rank, that is, don't tell anyone where you're from, what your SAT scores were, or what you think you'll major in. Stay in your room a lot. One warning, though: if you really go for this technique...