Word: befriend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...whose machinations would fit right into "90210: The Elementary School Years," Sara meets Lavinia's jealousy with innocent incomprehension. Nor can she understand why the students why the students aren't allowed to talk to the Black servant girl, Becky (Vanessa Lee Chester). Sara promptly sets out to befriend Becky, despite the house taboo...
While exposing students to a variety of life experiences is a worthy goal, there is no evidence that it will be furthered by randomization--people will continue to befriend those who are like themselves. In fact, representation of ethnic minorities will be compromised under the Jewett plan, as their members will be dispersed, depriving them of the ability to easily band together and thus maximize their impact on other students' lives. Such a diaspora can only hinder the "learning from each other" that Jewett claims to promote...
Gelb said he didn't think that the revolving door was as much a problem for journalistic objectivity as the tendency of some journalists to befriend the people they cover...
...tried my best to console my Currierite-to-befriend. I had only good things to say after myexperience as a semi-quadling: the dining hallpeople were very nice; the jungle in the middle ofCurrier dining hall was cool; Hilles was ablessing; the Quad was the place to be during theSpring. "You'll end up liking it," I tried toreassure him. I don't think he believed...
...turned out, this boy had been punished for being "too rambunctious," and he wanted nothing less than to spend his period of confinement with me. Naively, I persisted. By the end of the day, however, the only thing I had to show for my noble efforts to befriend this angry five-year old was that he hated "stupid kinder-garten girls...