Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ALAN HEIMERT is everything he is incidentally, in his spare time and a bit against his better judgment. At thirty-nine he can't quite decide what to make of himself. He dresses like a careless football coach and lives in a palace of oiled woods and lush fabrics; his mostly Hungarian sheep dog refuses to ride in the 1961 Studebaker he drives and Heimert refuses to trade the car in for anything but a Mercedes 300SL. He is Professor Heimert, Master of Eliot House Heimert, the Undergraduates' Advocate Heimert -- a creature of the university, but not wholly or solely...
George won the starting position at quarterback, but for the pre-season games it looked almost as if Big Hole might have done better. With raw rookies trying to fill the voids left by injured veterans like John Tyson and Dan Wilson, the Crimson first unit bumbled through a 16-7 loss to a weak New Hampshire team...
...Imperfectibility will mark your lives as it has the lives of those who have gone before you. Every day in every way we are not getting better...
...doesn't show you how far Expedition has moved from bluegrass (Did Homer and Jethro ever pose on motorcycles, passing a joint?) just listen to a couple of cuts. The lyrics put a far greater emphasis on the entire thought-world than one finds in C&W, and a better understanding of poetics...
...Freshman class has selected an unfortunately thoughtless method of presenting their case since yesterday's petition was the first word of any dissatisfaction. The better way would have been to call the attention of the Department to the matter before resorting to a petition...