Word: worth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tuxedo-clad sophomore males will be out in full force in the coming weeks. They'll be smiling and laughing in their attempts to impress veteran clubbies with their wit, their style and, in many cases, their father's net worth. It may be their first entrance into the discriminatory, closed-minded world of the clubs. For many, unfortunately, it won't be their last...
Pretty idealistic for a bunch of sardines, thinking their presence in Washington will convince anyone worth convincing. There will be so many of them, though: fin to fin as far as the eye can see. It'll be enough to make anyone take notice--maybe even the Big Fish himself...
UNFORTUNATELY, changing to a new concentration becomes more difficult and problematic the longer one waits to change. Even as a sophomore, switching concentrations can be more trouble than it's worth...
...such restrictions, saying that drunks could buy their alcohol in a better neighborhood. But Phillip Faight, chairman of a San Francisco group called Safe and Sober Streets, hailed Gallo's move. Said Faight: "If only one person goes to detox as a result of this, the whole thing's worth...
Sometimes an interruption is worth a thousand words. Taking the train from Shanghai to Shandong province, Michael Kramer shared a four-bed sleeping compartment with a middle-aged factory official clad in a blue Mao suit. As the man explained to Kramer why only foreigners and very important bureaucrats were allowed to travel in such accommodations, the door opened and in strolled a young Chinese man in a yellow Lacoste shirt, loaded down with boxes of stereo equipment. Absorbed in the music crackling through the headphones of his Walkman, the budding entrepreneur remained oblivious to Kramer and the very-important...