Word: amide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Amid confetti, band music, and lingering doubts about the future of the Radcliffe Quad renovations, Cabot House's newly remodelled Briggs Hall opened its doors yesterday to hundreds of cheering students and all the University's big brass...
...error becomes clear as we join the Buttle family in their Yuletide celebration. The family is gathered around the Christmas tree, and Mrs. Buttle is just finishing the last lines of "A Christmas Carol" when black-clad, gas-masked stormtroopers burst through the doors, windows, and ceiling. Amid the screaming of his wife and children, the unfortunate Mr. Buttle is grabbed by the intruders and stuffed into what looks like a combination straitjacket and garment...
Breaking with longstanding tradition, Harvard's seven-man governing Corporation decided in October not to grant honorary degrees to dignitaries at the University's 350th celebration. The awards were to come amid the four-day extravaganza which will feature Prince Charles, scholars from around the world, and a climactic fireworks display in Harvard Stadium...
Some 80 Cabot House residents began moving into their plush new rooms in Briggs Hall this month, as the first phase of renovations to the Radcliffe Quadrangle drew to a close amid worries about the financial prospects for future renovations...
...WORLD OF Robertson Davies is akin to a Gothic Cathedral. Amid gargoyles, demons, angels, saints, monkish chants, exotic beasts, and arcane spells, Davies weaves his enchantments. With the Depford Trilogy under his belt and, more recently, The Rebel Angels to his credit, Davies has established himself not only as a major force in Canadian literature but as a truly talented if slightly cultish figure on the international literary scene...