Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...people at Talk were able to give themselves a pat on the back, and boy did they do so. The launch party for Talk took place Aug. 2 in New York City near the Statue of Liberty, and it was probably larger than the party thrown there when France gave Lady Liberty to the United States...
...have a pretty good corner defense," Badawy said. "At Yale, our corner defense was on. We gave up a couple of opportunities in a row, but we were just on. Today we had different things thrown at us and it's our own fault for not adjusting sooner...
...didn't understand why my roommates got dressed up on the first day of school when I was a first-year, having come from a laid-back, casual high school in Northern California. I had thrown on the first t-shirt and pair of jeans that were in my dresser--as I had done for my 12 other first days of school. Practically everyone else in my high school had done the same...
...stepped down. He then used his authority while Chile's constitution was being written to ensure that this decree could never be repealed without his consent. Since 1990, Chilean courts have consistently been forced to uphold this immunity decree; cases against Pinochet in Chilean courts have all been thrown out before going to trial...
...this sense, the word "integration"--thrown around by the College and House Masters as emblematic of a healthy House community--is both vague and misleading. To expect students to abandon their self-created social circles for the companionship of several hundred random residents is both silly and simple-minded. Social circles of varying sizes are an inevitable part of House and campus life. Eliminate them in the form of blocking and they will merely recreate themselves after subsequent rounds of the yarn game...