Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Most of the people in my department play an instrument--many make career choices between math and music," remarks Math Department Chair Arthur M. Jaffe in an interview, as ancient music floated softly from a nearby compact disk player. Jaffe, proficient at piano and clarinet, habitually conducts "business" in his office to the tune of a favorite concerto or madrigal. "Somehow music seems to appeal to mathemeticians more than, say, reading," he notes...
...Quakers and the Tigers no longer dominate the Ancient Eight like they once did. In the past five years, four different teams have worn the Ivy crown...
...example, "Asian" is commonly used to describe all people whose roots are in Asia. Yet in this group, nationalities such as Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese are each striving to assert their identity. For example, ancient rivalries between Korea and Japan; China and Japan and Vietnam have all carried over to embitter the relations between these groups in America. Animosity is just as strong between minority groups such as Blacks, Asians, Chinese and Hispanics...
Gierak said that while the Harvard-Yale game was "less bloodthirsty" than the Michigan-Ohio State game, "it has a more ancient kind of tradition...
...said the ancient Roman emperors executed the bearers of bad news they didn't want to hear. Now, we just fire them...