Word: astraye
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...down the magic words tradition, tragic, committed, alienation. "The word moral looked mean and angry, ailing on the page. And two weeks ago, with the best will, I was unable to pull it through. Dead!" Finally, the three turn on Morroe, whose "moral hypocrisy," they decide, has led them astray, and exorcise him from them in an ancient Jewish ceremony...
...eminence in 1956 via the same route. "Coco would eventually have launched herself," says Mme. Lazareff modestly, "but we first explained why it wasn't obvious how chic she is." "Everything that goes into the magazine," says Helene Lazareff, "I must like myself. I would rather go astray doing something too far out than to be too conservative. I don't worry about what the couture thinks. I've given the couture much more than I've taken...
...years ago, however, the prediction went substantially astray. The size of the class of 1966 climbed to 1220, approximately 50 more than its target goal, and caused a room shortage in the Yard...
Northeastern led, 59 to 56, and Harvard looked dead--until Merle McClung, who had been ice-cold all evening, took over. He drew a foul as he missed a layup and sank both shots; then after an NU pass had gone astray, he drove under the basket and flipped up his patented McClung Over-the-Head Special. With 2:05 left, he drew another foul while snagging a rebound and bucketed a pair, making the score...
With 38 seconds left and Harvard trailing 74-73, Sedlacek lofted a long one which went astray, but McClung drew a foul when he grabbed the rebound and deadlocked the game with a free throw. A few seconds later he was fouled again and calmly sank two shots which put the game...