Word: towards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...intersession also forces another calendar oddity: the Wednesday-to-Tuesday shopping period, which prevents students from catching up on work for classes over a weekend--all the more reason to preserve a week-long intersession. Full-year courses that assign work over intersession also do their part toward destroying our only semblance of a vacation...
...concern is noted and appreciated. It's wonderful the Harvard administration remembered that there are underage students at the University, especially since the University generally acts like a neglectful parent toward its undergraduates. However, a recyclable notice advising students not to imbibe is not a laudable way for the administration to suddenly recall its "parenting" responsibilities...
...White House, she had nicknames. One was Elvira, after TV's vampy Mistress of the Dark--a snickering reference to Lewinsky's long and big black hair, her fondness for tight, chest-hugging outfits and her coquettish demeanor. Another sobriquet was the Stalker, inspired by her steadfast rush toward the presidential helicopter whenever its whirr announced a landing. She was a child of Beverly Hills privilege--and the product of a bitterly broken home. She delighted in soap operas and glitter; yet she gravitated toward the political hotbed of Washington. She is now the face, the name for scandal...
...July afternoon, Paul Simon was fiddling with dials on a control panel in a cramped recording studio in midtown Manhattan. With most of his hair gone and his plump face inching toward jowly, the pop troubadour, 56, has reached unmistakable middle age. But the mellow, yearning voice coming through the sound system has changed little: "I was born in Puerto Rico/ Came here when I was a child..." Simon was preparing the mix for a song from The Capeman, his new musical that recounts a bloody tabloid crime from the 1950s, explores questions of guilt and redemption and introduces...
...America's love affair with color television edges toward its silver anniversary, manufacturers are hard at work on the next generation of eye-popping, high-resolution, wide-screen sets...