Word: absents
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cells, in a phenomenon known as "graft v. host" reaction, thus rejected the host, producing lymphocytes capable of reacting with and destroying his tissue. In fact, the reaction, combined with infection and other factors, could prove fatal to the recipient whose immune system was either weak or absent...
...contests than they had lost. There is as much truth as exaggeration in the statement that during these years the fourth floor of the IAB became a haven for weekend-knitters and others who sought the comforts of lightly soothing entertainment. All of the "ugly" elements of "professionalism" were absent; the shoving, crowded masses of basketball fans who spit, scream, swear, and elbow their team on to victory rarely climbed the four flights of stairs more than once...
...Absent too, however, was the exhilaration and fervor of engaging, competitive, intercollegiate basketball. Although this "low-profile" program may well have been constructive and rewarding to the players themselves, it was hardly meaningful to the school or the community, and it was exciting to absolutely no one. Harvard was simply not attracting those amply qualified students who were also blue-chippers on the basketball court. Nor was it attempting...
...although it was a Harvard building that was seized, Radcliffe women were noticeably absent. Perhaps it was because it wasn't spring, or perhaps it was because the building itself was far away, even farther south than Mather House, so that most of the action seemed outside the spectrum of our lives. The Boston Globe gave the impression that 888's inhabitants were foul-mouthed harpies who were accosting straight women. There was no mention of the vitality or life of the place. The women inside were just not us, and we were a little afraid to soil our hands...
...time the mistake was discovered it was too late to contact substitute officials, so both teams agreed to play the game with JV coach Bob Hart filling in for the absent referees...