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Word: asked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tell him who Lorenzo de Medici was, or make him read the Florentine historians, but instead make him read Lopez's theory of the relation between economics and culture in the Renaissance. Then make him read what some scholar said about some other scholar's interpretation of Lopez. Then ask him for his opinion about the Renaissance. This is the scenario for a farce, but also the kind of situation which occurs every day of the week at Harvard...

Author: By Philip Swan, | Title: The Sad State of Arts at Harvard | 11/15/1979 | See Source »

...pair are probably homosexuals escapes Mrs. Bittell; that embarrassment moves her to brave action provides the reader with an unexpected insight into motivation: "She had often, in her quiet way, thought of what she would do if someone attacked her. She had always planned to speak gently and to ask them why they were so unhappy and had they forgotten they were children of God. But a terrible thing had happened. She had wet herself, like a child, all down her legs." Red with shame, she bashes the thief with a brass lamp. To make this moment believable requires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Clarity of Mind, a Clarity of Heart | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) wants Harvard to boycott the company that manufactures the caps and gowns students wear at Commencement, but it isn't sure whom to ask...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: One for the Money, Two for the Show | 11/10/1979 | See Source »

Casto explains. "Other people on the team see us praying and they come up and ask about it. I've really been surprised at the people that have come of the woodwork...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: The Team Spirit | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

...impossible"--nothing in football is impossible. Just ask Tufts head coach Vic Gatto...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Vic Gatto: Doing the Impossible | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

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