Word: berkeley
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...women's varsity had only slightly more success, coming in third (3:37.60 behind Berkeley (3:23.2) and omnipresent Washington (3:20) on the 1000-meter course, which is 500 meters shorter than most Eastern courses. But coach Carrie Graves said she was pleased with the team's first outing and especially with the strong performance in the last 500 when they held a 36 stroke per minute tempo...
...Berkeley Heights...
...does mark the beginning of humanity, since the fertilized egg is a distinct and unique genetic entity. This belief shores up the antiabortion argument of Catholic bishops as well as those of secular pro-life groups. John T. Noonan, a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley, explains the church's theological position this way: "Once conceived, the being was recognized as man because he had man's potential. The criterion for humanity, .thus, was simple and all-embracing: if you are conceived by human parents, you are human...
...native of Norway, Bjorn-Larsen is a born tinkerer. While doing graduate work in bacteriology and biochemistry at Berkeley and U.S.C., he relished playing Louis Pasteur with his potions and Petri dishes. But, for financial reasons, he never finished his doctorate and eventually became an insurance broker. On the evening of April 27, 1963, Bjorn-Larsen was in bed with an aching back when he began thinking about his wife's pet peeve: girdle garters that put holes in her stockings and made them run. Recalls Bjorn-Larsen: "I knew there had to be a better way to attach...
...those rare creatures, an optimistic humanist. His belief that the world is not going directly to ruin has led to one of the main reasons for the archive's success: historical pictures add a depth of understanding to current events. Explains Bettmann: "Why show students protesting at Berkeley? Everyone's seen that. We've got a woodcut of Yale students rioting a hundred years ago. That tells you something...