Word: affair
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...administration. It has been several months since Robert B. Watson '37 announced his retirement effective this summer, and as of yet no replacement has been found. The blame for such an inexcusable delay lies not with a few individuals, but rather in the attitude with which the whole affair has been approached...
Moreover, the advisability of choosing an athletic director from within the University is another facet of the selection process which the search committee has apparently overlooked. Although the pressure politics surrounding Peck's withdrawal created an ugly incident for all involved, the whole affair might have been avoided if the committee had considered more than their personal whims to begin with...
...narrative poet. He was later to describe his verse as "dirty tepid water." But it served to attract influential critics, and propelled him to local prominence. Like many in his privileged caste, Ivan furthered his education in Western Europe. On the Continent, the perpetual bachelor commenced the affair that was to last a lifetime. Heinrich Heine provides the best description of Prima Donna Pauline Viardot: "Her ugliness is of a kind that is noble and, if I might almost say beautiful, such as sometimes enchanted and inspired the great lion-painter Delacroix." She was married -and remained married-to Louis...
...heavy hand, has lately been experimenting with considerable heat; and the editors of the "Lampoon" have apparently--and disappointingly--done a rather fast wilt in that atmosphere. As to the chill the Epps decision has cast on their collective sense of humor, that remains to be seen. The entire affair, as a matter of fact, has been characterized by resolute humorlessness on all sides. The Sullen Seventies must truly be upon us now that we've begun deciding that the First Amendment doesn't protect expression that "goes beyond simple fun," is "unbelievably offensive," or shows "a serious absence...
...LONDON, Conn.--A powerful Yale women's varsity heavyweight eight sunk the Radcliffe crew's hopes for an upset yesterday on the Thames River in New London, Conn., scoring a solid seven-second victory over the varsity in a two-mile affair...