Word: around
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Meanwhile, the proliferation of houses around the lake was having another, equally unforeseen effect. Household wastes, laden with nutrients, seeped into the water and fertilized algae. By 1961, the lake and its beaches were covered with green slime...
...pulled loosely up and back into a topknot. Underneath, along with the remainder of the hair, can generally be found several ounces of wool twine or a nylon mesh cushion, the better to swell the structure to second-head proportions. Hanging down at strategic intervals (at the temples, around the ears, and down the back of the neck), are separate, curling tendrils of hair. The whole thing may look like the work of a bird who flunked nest building. Yet at $17.50 per neglect-job at Kenneth's Manhattan salon, the elegant lady can-and must-look exactly like...
...Teddy's future, Bull looks to the past, his tone Churchillian. "They have gone into battle on guns, tanks and in haversacks. They have saved lives by intercepting bullets, breaking falls, and just being around. They've flown round the world, been drowned in floods, burned in concentration camps and worshiped as totems. There are no cases of disloyal, treacherous or cowardly Teddy bears. They seem destined to survive everything and emerge as a triumphant symbol of something or other...
...moment. A nice old lady escorted me to a green medical bed and told me to lie. down. Then a nurse came over and we introduced ourselves. She was Mrs. Gibson and said that as a Red Cross nurse the only work she does is to travel around Eastern Massachusetts drawing blood. Mrs. Gibson took my right arm and painted it with alcohol. some copper-looking stuff, and then some more alcohol. I asked her to "tell me when." She put a wooden cylinder in my hand. said "now," and got to work. My hand clenched into a fist...
Harvard had been highly favored and was clearly superior to the Huskies in raw talent, but carelessness around its own net, and a frustrating inability to finish off rushes kept the Crimson victory in doubt until midway through the final period...