Word: beaten
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Freshman naivete, or what Lecar terms "Freshness and excitement," is essential to make the seminar system work, said many professors. "Freshmen haven't been beaten down by the system. They haven't yet become professional students," Lecar said...
...never beaten Princeton, but we got it together enough to beat them," freshman Michelle Kosch said...
Last week Schwab, 49, signed an agreement to get his baby back. Having beaten out some 50 other bidders, he will pay $230 million in cash and securities. And if Schwab's brokerage operations increase in value during the next eight years, BankAmerica will pocket 15% of that gain. The price is steep, but Schwab is delighted to regain his independence. Says he: "My entrepreneurial instincts will be excited one more time...
...assets of $180 million from gold mining, TV productions and real estate, has spent some $10 million on his three Kookaburras. But he did not decline a $66,000 check handed over last week by 1983 Winner Alan Bond, his rival Perth wheeler-dealer whose Australia IV was beaten in the defender trials. Before that peace offering, though, the two had exchanged a squall of nasty words following Australia's defeat...
George had $64 tucked in his pocket on the evening he was beaten senseless in an alley near the Continental Trailways station. "Those damn chumps," he says, gritting his teeth, "took every goddam penny. I'm gonna kill 'em." Violence is a constant threat to the homeless. It's only a matter of time before newcomers are beaten, robbed or raped. The young prey on the old, the big on the small, and groups attack lonely individuals in the back alleys and subway tunnels. After it's over, there is no one to tell about the pain, nothing...