Word: bit
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...bit of rowdiness is perfectly acceptable from college students, but Thursday night's disturbance was not a simple example of good-spirited fun. I hope Harvard can still teach these people that a large amount of liquor and unmitigated arrogance do not give one carte blanche to become a social nuisance. The cast and staff at Hasty Pudding Theatricals should be commended for their professional way of dealing with the situation. Paul T. Keenan...
...take into account people who may be hurt. When he does something like this, it hurts the Republicans' perception of him. If he continues along this vein, his chances will be very poor," Bradford says. "He should loosen up a little bit and put these things into perspective...
...frozen flatlands of Ohio, where a winter storm was barreling eastward, the Gulfstream jet shuddered violently. The big man in the comfortable leather seat looked sharply toward the cockpit, as if to ask "What the hell is going on in there?" He has been wearing that expression quite a bit lately, for the man is Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca, 65, and he has been weathering a storm of his own for the past few months. Even the elegant corporate jet on which he flew last week was symbolic of the crisis. A week earlier Iacocca had agreed to sell Gulfstream...
...East European counterparts, abolished its monopoly on power. The new policy is designed to improve the party's organization to make it more responsive, but not to expose it to competition. In a speech before the National Assembly last week, Castro reiterated that Havana would not remove "the tiniest bit of authority from the party...
...show in which the look is as seminal as the sound, the moves more decisive than meaning. The Millis appear in their videos snazzily dressed, or half-dressed ("Our clothes style is to go for fashion"), whirling like cotton candy around a spool, executing dance maneuvers that fall a bit short of def. They are musical mannequins, modeling, selling and finally buying their own line...