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Word: aires (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...work wonders. But instead students are barraged with courses on everything from design to film-making, many of which have nothing to do with serious art and are only really of value to a student intent on a career in advertising. Most striking is the fact that the general air of amateurism in the arts at Harvard is not reflected in the faculty themselves so much as in the way they are used. Octavio Paz, who must surely rank as one of the handful of great living poets, was teaching a course in Spanish to a half dozen students. Fitzgerald...

Author: By Philip Swan, | Title: The Sad State of Arts at Harvard | 11/15/1979 | See Source »

...earth is a mere blot, darkened at sunset and dotted with strings of insignificant lights and shadows. The propeller whirls, forcing air through my mouth, adrenalin through my system. I feel a light tap on my shoulder and I jump, thinking it is the jump master giving me the signal. "Where the hell is he going?" the jump master asks. "I don't know where he's going," my friend yells with a grimace, "you're the jump master...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Stepping Out Over Taunton | 11/14/1979 | See Source »

...harness tears at my hips and chest, swings my feet above my head. The parachute glides above me. The earth is a gray mound, Boston glimmers on the horizon. I make out a small rectangular building surrounded by dots, a small field and then trees and lakes. The air swirls silently. A band of trees approaches but I glance once more to the parachute, the sky and the horizon. The stiff branches of the trees mesh and grow larger. I cover my face, bring my feet together, and fall into the brush. At the trailer, Don hears loud snapping...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Stepping Out Over Taunton | 11/14/1979 | See Source »

...John. who was six of eight for 152 yards in the air the also had 79 yards on nine runs), directed an eight-play, 59-yd. scoring drive capped by a two-yd. Hollingsworth touchdown swan-dive for the third Harvard score with 5:21 gone in the second quarter...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Gridders Exile Quakers, 41-26 | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

...offensive tactics. When he was at Iowa State, his teams were noted for passing. The Buckeyes seem headed for a similar reputation. They have already tripled the number of passing touchdowns and after eight games were only 124 yds. short of last season's total yardage in the air...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Making 'Em Forget Woody | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

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