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Word: alma (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other basketball news, coach Billy Raynor of the Harvard J.V., now 15-3, led his charges to a 61-52 triumph over his alma mater with George White and Doug Coatsworth contributing 13 points apiece...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Cagers Down Dartmouth, 71-62; Fleming Soars for 24 More | 2/27/1980 | See Source »

...controversy provoked by "While Alma Mater Burns," an article she wrote for the Atlantic Monthly which was later followed by a full column devoted to letters of response, adequately demonstrates that she has produced proposals considered worthy of examination, by many, if principally by those who find her worthy of violent rebuttal. As Harold Howe II, vice president for Education and Research at the Ford Foundation said, "Gail Parker is worth hearing--I hope some gutsy board of trustees will give her another shot at a college presidency...

Author: By Sarah L. Mcvity, | Title: Defoliating Academic Groves | 2/13/1980 | See Source »

...there were some startling crosscurrents. At Columbia University, a score of students tore down a placard reading DRAFTED that had been placed by protesters around the neck of a statue of their alma mater. They draped her in a U.S. flag. The draft resisters charged, and the two groups briefly engaged in some pushing and shoving. Students polled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Reopening an Old Debate | 2/11/1980 | See Source »

...highlight of being recruited came when Lau's childhood hero, Ken Dryden called about his alma mater, Cornell...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: The Puck Stops Here (?): Life as a Beanpot Goalie | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

Louise's real-life worry is her daughter, who has reached the dreamy transition from girl to woman. Gloria shows touches of Alma from Summer and Smoke. Her full-length dresses seem like veils, of which the seventh is soon to drop. She goes to the library, attracting boys who would never open a book. "Beware of early fire," warns her mother. Fire is kindled when she meets a "romantically handsome youth" (Arnie Burton), who seems virginal beyond belief. Gloria talks to him of love in a tenderly erotic scene and does a dance of sexual awakening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Apparitions and Cakewalkers | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

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