Word: midterms
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...sitting in the dining hall one night when one of your friends asks the inevitable question: "So, how are your NCAA brackets looking?" You freeze and drop your General Wong's chicken. You're the kind of person who thinks March Madness refers to the pre-Spring Break midterm rush. How do you respond...
...midterm on Friday. I'm going to bomb it basically...
...your parents will also often give you a new sense of being alone in the world. You will have lost parental protection--a benevolent presence between the stupid things you do and a world that loves to ridicule them. Fall down in the snow? Get a D on a midterm? Have a stranger say you're a rich, arrogant bastard in a letter they mean for the entire campus to read? First and foremost, these concerns are yours to deal with. Friends new or old can only help...
...Feeling ignored, James Dobson (along with his deputy Gary Bauer) of the powerful Focus on the Family threatens to withdraw support for Congressional Republicans. Voters in midterm elections reject the right's campaign to impeach Clinton and hand the G.O.P devastating losses...
...Tuesday night on the cusp of midterm season, the IOP was full. Despite widespread reports of disillusionment with politics, it's not unusual for college students to become involved in presidential campaigns with a youthful passion that brings others' apathy into striking relief. In the crowds at election night parties, one finds rosy-cheeked co-eds and would-be politicos cheering for candidates who could not possibly merit such unflagging devotion. And the most curious thing of all: whether election night means concession or celebration, indeed whether their candidate is a winner or a bumbler, a reliable crowd of rowdy...