Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...house." She loves to have her five children and ten grandchildren around her; she is flexible about George's 5,000 closest friends dropping by. On a few hours' notice two weeks ago, Bush brought Senator Nancy Kassebaum, Treasury Secretary Nick Brady, Senator Lloyd Bentsen and lawyer- Democrat Bob Strauss home to dinner. One of the best things about moving to the White House, Barbara says, is that the vice-presidential mansion "has one guest bedroom. Now I'm going to have a lot more...
...fierce battle raged in Australia, where some veterans groups denounced Hirohito as the "biggest war criminal on earth." Said Bruce Ruxton, Victorian president of the Returned Services League: "Going to his funeral would be like going to the funeral of the devil." Prime Minister Bob Hawke skirted a decision by acceding to protocol, which does not usually require the Australian head of government to attend the funeral of a head of state...
Harvard athletes do not receive extensive support from the Athletic Department. According to Assistant Athletic Director Bob Malekoff, athletes are briefed at the beginning of the year about eligibility requirements. But for the most part, Malekoff says, the Athletic Department deals with athletes through coaches. The Athletic Department is primarily concerned with freshman athletes, Malekoff says...
...MacDonald is only two points short of tying Bob Cleary '58 for second place on the Harvard career scoring list. Cleary, brother of Harvard Coach Bill Cleary, tallied 195 points in only three seasons of varsity action. Scott Fusco '85-86 tops the list with 240 career points...
...Easy in the Islands (1985), Bob Shacochis proved he could spin colorful tales about life, chiefly low, in the Caribbean. His exotic settings and laid- back prose won critical praise and an American Book Award for a first book of fiction. He might be excused for trying to repeat his earlier success, but that turns out not to be necessary. Only two of the eight stories in The Next New World take place on tropical islands, and while perfectly fine, they are not the best things in this collection. A typical Shacochis story is still likely to have a large...