Word: sectioning
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Vassar College, then spent almost 20 years in corporate jobs. On a lark she registered in a millinery class at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and 10 years later she had a career doing what she always loved best - working with her hands. Her designs reflect her cross-section of customers, from uptown matrons to Japanese tourists, and she asserts, "There really is no substitute for a handmade hat." Feinman also stocks modestly priced jewelry, bags, scarves and gloves. Custom hats are available for 10 percent extra...
Winterson's faith in her ability to craft language echoes throughout the book, but such faith is misplaced. A particularly nauseating section reads, "She thinks I'm holding on to pain. She thinks pain is a souvenir. Perhaps she thinks pain is the only way I can feel. As it is, the pain reminds me that my feelings are damaged." The only real pain comes from reading the maudlin sentimentality that resonates throughout the text...
...Willy Loman" personality that is all too seductive, especially when the expectations for Harvard students are high and the pressure to be everything to everyone is intense. Harvard students are selling themselves constantly, whether it be looking for a summer job in November, chatting with the cute girl in section, or trying to impress a professor and possible thesis advisor. The consequences are not simply limited to your life, either. As students that will go on to lead this society, the attitudes that we have and our ideas about success in life are crucial to the direction of that society...
While Ellison says he enjoys working with a broader cross-section of faculty as dean than he did in his other roles, he looks forward to teaching full-time after his term as dean concludes...
...good year for music? I think so, actually. There were some amazing hip-hop albums released-Outkast's Stankonia and Jurassic 5's Quality Control come immediately to mind, while Eminem is undoubtedly talented as hell. In the soul/R&B section, D'Angelo's second album was competent, but the stunner was Jill Scott. Dance music did well by compilations, and even managed a few good albums (Groove Armada's Vertigo, David Holmes' Bow Down to the Exit Sign) in what is generally a singles-driven culture. As for pop-well, some records were set by various assortments of platinum...