Word: 17th
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Both major candidates have good reason to be wary, because somewhere in his 17th-floor aerie in a North Dallas office building is Ross Perot, whose potential impact on the 1992 race is still unclear. Generally written off when he re-entered the campaign on Oct. 1, Perot profited from his three blunt, engaging debate performances and his well-received, 30-minute TV commercials. Holding his public appearances and press conferences to a minimum, Perot has nonetheless seen his ratings climb from single digits into figures that in such states as New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas and California approach those...
...Fogg's 17th Century Dutch Drawings is an exhibit that warrants close examination. The fact that the works are small and delicate is both an asset and a drawback: the drawings' tiny details are intricate; yet on a busy day at the museum, viewers may not be able to get close enough to the works to appreciate them...
George and Maida Abrams, the owners of the pieces in the show, have spent years amassing a large collection of drawings. The exhibit includes works by de Gheyn, van Ostade and Rembrandt and his pupils, among others. These drawings were valued in 17th century Holland as independent works; in other countries, such pieces were merely preliminary sketches for paintings...
Acontingent of Eliot House residents betrayed their pampered past and aristocratic heritage last week when they "went kind of berserk" (according to one protest organizer) and threw a tantrum over the removal of paper items in their dining hall. Like latter day courtiers in 17th century France, the Eliotees banged demi-tasses of dining services-grade coffee and demanded their paraffin...
...group of 50 Law School alumni went on a witch hunt of 17th century Harvard this Saturday, one week before Halloween...