Word: blanking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This one sounds like a funny course but really isn't, to the surprise of a couple of athletes who took off after a quick look at the syllabus. Course includes a systematic look at states like the blank mind, sleep, dreams, sleep-walking, sleep-talking, sleep-learning and hypnosis. There will be nothing on ESP and just a little on meditation. Assistant Professor John F. Kihlstrom does the honors...
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...that is, except Bullard, who beat his man, saved the ball on the endline and crossed to the charging Lohrer. Lohrer drilled the ball home from point blank range at 42:20 and, in the same motion, launched into a joyous victory leap. Across the street at Harvard Stadium, the Columbia flag still hung listlessly at half-mast as the first gun sounded...
...Lions roared for a tripping call and a penalty kick, but they received only blank expressions from the referees in return. Suffering a stiff leg from the incident, Sock lost the edge on his speed for the rest of the game. With Sock injured and Herold repelling Columbia charge after Columbia charge, Lohrer's goal looked plumper and plumper as the half progressed...
...Keating blithely admitted, "a terrible faker. Anyone who sees my work and thinks it genuine, must be around the bend." Moreover, Keating said, he did not mean his phonies to pass close tests: before setting to work he would scrawl "fake," "Keating" or a suitable rude word on the blank canvas, in lead-based paint, which would show up under X rays. Nevertheless, many of the works ended up in leading galleries and auction rooms, where, endowed with signatures and solid pedigrees, they were sold for even more solid prices...