Word: elasticizing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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The ponytail of the past, held back with an elastic band, has been joined by plaits, queues and thin, razor-cut hanks of eccentric design. Gary Margolis, 45, director of a counseling center at Vermont's Middlebury College, believes that hair has once again become a font of Zen expressionism...
"It's like being on the inside and looking through a peephole," he said. Olejarz's elastic art covers his entire body, from head to toe.
Home-school curriculum standards are even more elastic. Study programs usually are approved by local school boards, whose competence in the area may be minimal. In some cases, parents must submit detailed outlines of proposed courses. In others, school boards adopt a laissez-faire approach that takes on faith the...
These themes will be presented to interested writers by the magazine's "elastic board," or active membership, in a series of workshops preceding publication of each issue. The workshops are designed to provide writers with a "creative, intellectual spark" said Hellerstein, who anticipates that participants attending the meetings will feel...
The "elastic board," was designed by the group to convey a sense of openness and willingness to listen to different views. Only two official positions exist--archivist and treasurer--and all decisions are made collectively by members of the board, Anderson added.