Word: agee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pusey, the protesters' specific demands had little relevance; it was "scholarship and reason" themselves that were at stake, as he would later write. Through most of his presidency, Pusey had proudly watched as Harvard helped guide post-war America into a "golden age." But in recent years, many at Harvard had harshly attacked Pusey's most cherished goals and accomplishments. Some had even called for revolution...
Okay, assume that John pitches for the next 20 seasons and decides to retire at the ripe age of 66. If he averages 10 wins and 100 strikeouts each season, he would finish his career with 487 wins and 4 227 strikeouts...
...immigrant, as part of the Chinese-American community, and as a minority, I cannot deny the needs of my community," said Yaping Joyce Liao '91 of the newly-revived Radcliffe Asian Women's Group (RAWG). Liao, who emigrated from Taiwan at age 12, told the 100-member audience that her organization was proud to support the legislation...
...mainly I liked the way they looked"); how maybe he lends clothes to certain actresses, "but Goldie Hawn paid cold cash"; reflections on culture ("I like museums -- but really fast. I can do a museum in half an hour"). Autobiography can be selective. He won't reveal his age (mid-30s by deduction). "It puts you in a category," he insists. "You're not fresh enough to be new." Ask him about his father leaving home, and he sidesteps the question with an ode to his dad's shoes (black-and-white pony skin). Kelly wants to remember Mississippi merry...
Particularly in the age of cocaine, all sports hold their breath over the specter of betting and its potential to devastate the integrity of players. But baseball is most sensitive to gambling. The commissioner's office was founded in 1920 in reaction to the rigged World Series the year before, when the Cincinnati Reds were the beneficiaries. First Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, a federal judge from Illinois, ignored technical acquittals and permanently banned the eight Chicago Black Sox players involved. In 1947 A.B. ("Happy") Chandler suspended manager Leo Durocher one season merely for associating with gamblers...