Search Details

Word: spain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Spain "they are taught with an excessive emphasis on memorization and with a lack of a critical viewpoint," Casillas wrote in an e-mail message...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: Metamorphoses In Foreign Lands | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

Although they are mountain climbing in Nepal, enjoying siestas in Sevilla, Spain, exploring Aztec ruins in Mexico or savoring crepes in Paris, these adventurers are currently only an e-mail message away...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: Metamorphoses In Foreign Lands | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

...some, total cultural immersion clarifies what they appreciated about life back home, even the academic intensity. Javier Casillas '00, currently studying in Madrid, Spain, at La Universidad Complutense, waxes nostalgic for Harvard classes...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: Metamorphoses In Foreign Lands | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

Sarah H. Winkeller '00 has embraced the mantra articulated the first day of classes by her Spanish history teacher in Sevilla Spain. Describing the philosophy of Andalucia, the southern region of Spain, he said, Trabajar para vivir, no vivir para trabajar...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: Metamorphoses In Foreign Lands | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

...aforementioned sense of community, doubted among outsiders, is a very real and powerful kinship arising from shared experience. Whereas the River Houses lack continuity, the Quad is a united federation like the European Union. On one hand we are composed of autonomous nations--Great Britain, France, Spain--and distinct and independent Houses--Currier, Cabot, Pforzhemier. On the other hand, we are linked by the documents we carry in order to travel: the common Euro passport and, in our case, the indispensable Shuttle schedule. We also, therefore, tend to identify ourselves in this supranational context; one often says "I live...

Author: By Shara R. Kay, | Title: Abroad in the Quad | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

First | Previous | 382 | 383 | 384 | 385 | 386 | 387 | 388 | 389 | 390 | 391 | 392 | 393 | 394 | 395 | 396 | 397 | 398 | 399 | 400 | 401 | 402 | Next | Last