Word: beyond
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...three groups collectively known as the "Holden Chapel Choirs" hold the highest position in the traditional choral hierarchy. The Glee Club, Collegium and RCS are named for the building behind Hollis and Stoughton Halls where they customarily meet. Their prestigious alliance extends beyond geography; they hold auditions together every fall. The Glee Club and Collegium even share a director, Senior Lecturer in Music Jameson Marvin. Beverly Taylor, associate director of choral activities, oversees...
Weiler said that more changes came during the second period, from the early '70s until the mid '80s. During this time, more states accepted the notion that the community's powers extend beyond those spelled out in the original charter. As a result, he said, authority was slowly transferred from the states to the community...
...consumers, advertising has always made them the center of its world. Ads portrayed proper female aspirations: to be a desirable companion, a competent cleaner, a loving mother. The women in ads found fulfillment in the supermarket aisles -- and in Maidenform bras. But as millions began to venture beyond the home in the 1970s, the images had to change. Madison Avenue's women developed minds of their own. Consider the female Honda buyer, who thinks like a man. Or Charlie, reaching out to touch someone. Even romance mirrors complex modern reality: the cute young thing in the new Johnnie Walker...
...that agonizing choice is made no easier by vast expense. I try to keep up with the mode, and it costs -- just ask my husband. But the skyrocketing prices are pushing fashion beyond the reach of willing buyers like me. I was leafing through a fall fashion magazine the other day, plotting my seasonal purchases. There was a charming outfit by a no-name designer in delicious shades of pink and red (this is the year of color, remember): mohair coat, $725; cropped jacket, $575; knit dress, $230. The total for the ensemble: ! $1,530. That's not including...
...family is obliged to give cash and gifts to the groom in accord with his social standing. A lowly clerk, for instance, might command $5,000, but a physician or engineer $50,000. Fearful of the disgrace attached to unmarried women, a bride's family will often go beyond its means to secure a good home for a daughter. Such tribute can come in the form of television sets, refrigerators, VCRs or automobiles, and payments may stretch out for years. But when a bride's family has no avenues for raising money, a husband sometimes kills the woman, so that...