Word: individualistic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time election of Bill Clinton and the election and later repudiation of the largely Republican Congress of 1994 shows the nation as a whole moving toward moderation, a middle path between the two extremes. Similarly, there is value to both "structuralist" and "individualist" notions of Harvard. However, while members of Congress must compromise in order to be able to create legislation palatable to the majority, students at the College are not similarly constrained by pragmatic forces, and thus students have little incentive to question their own take on Harvard and synthesize the two perspectives...
...morning, and Brown, who shaved off all his hair and his beard last week because he needed a "fresh start," is stretched out on the carpet in his family's living room, trying to explain the inexplicable: What made Klebold latch on to Harris? "Eric was an incredible individualist," he begins slowly. "Charismatic, an eloquent speaker, well read, the kind of guy who could bulls___ for hours about anything and be witty and brilliant." There was no sign of this erudition on Harris' website, but maybe he was role playing in those days. It's clear that Brown still feels...
...there was no such thing as a Goldwaterite. There was only Goldwater, sui generis. When the conservative movement coalesced around his candidacy, in the early '60s, conservatives still called themselves individualists, and he understood better than they did that a movement of individualists was an oxymoron. He remained an individualist, and the movement passed him by. In his last years his libertarianism hardened. He came out for gay rights, including in the military, and opposed controls on abortion. When Republicans attacked President Clinton about Whitewater, Goldwater told them to "get off his back and let him govern...
...rugged individualist who loves nature and enjoys long, solitary hikes (or any student who has been on FOP) can attest to the power and strength of the Nalgene bottle. This indestructible bottle is "supposedly made of the same material as the wind-shields of airplanes," explains FOP leader Becky Berman '99, "and you could drop them from the top floor of Leverett towers and they wouldn't break." So in addition to carrying their Nalgene bottles around for five days in the middle of the woods, students can be stuck with them for the rest of their lives...
...rugged individualist," said Jim R. Petite, a neurphysiologist who said he would follow the general's actions with interest "because he's not trained in response to this...