Word: basic
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Simmons said he also is disturbed that some heterosexual Blacks refuse to bridge the sexual gap with the gay population, even when basic racial issues arise. However, he said the gay population should try its hardest to keep the lines of communication open...
...with many religions, my sect of baseball worship has a strict philosophy: there are some basic rules, there's good, and there's evil...
Without any employment prospects I'll have to apply my liberal arts background to the essential question of survival. The trick to basic sustenance is going to the basement of Pizzeria Uno's and pretending to wait for a table while you indulge in an infinite supply on complementary chips...
Confidentiality is necessary to protect the reputations of prospective candidates, thereby encouraging applicants and ensuring a wide and open search. But at Harvard, this basic and obvious condition for a good search has been contorted to justify its antithesis, an exclusive search committee. The article overlooks this crucial distinction...
...never been to school, and displays not a whit of curiosity about the place. He is a car buff who most days pores over auto magazines at home in Lenox, Mass. Solon taught himself to read last year ("I really don't quite remember how," he muses) and learned basic arithmetic by handling the cash register at his parents' health-food store...