Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Scientists who study such phenomena, however, are at a considerable disadvantage primarily because they are forced to rely on ancient Chinese and Medieval records for the bulk of their data...
There hasn't been an outright Ancient Eight football champion since 1980. Moreover, no titlist has gone undefeated in league play since Dartmouth went 7-0 in 1970, when the Big Green actually finished 17th in the nation...
...birds of prey. But he did not obtain a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to transport the rare bird over state lines. As a result, he was snared in an undercover sting operation aimed at poachers who illegally supply falconers in the Middle East, where the ancient sport of hunting with trained raptors is still popular and a perfect live bird can sell for thousands of dollars...
Cornell moved to 1-5 overall and 1-3 in the Ivy League, while Dartmouth fell to 0-6 overall and 0-4 in the Ancient Eight...
...marbles of Rome had been to their 18th century forebears. Provence presented itself as a museum of the prototypes of strong sensation: blazing light, red earth, blue sea, mauve twilight, the flake of gold buried in the black depths of the cypress; archaic tastes of wine and olive, ancient smells of dust, goat dung and thyme, immemorial sounds of cicada and rustic flute-"O for a beaker full of the warm South!" In such places, color might take on a primary, clarified role. Far from the veils and nuances of Paris fog and Dutch rain, it would resolve itself into...