Word: bottome
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worst outing of his Harvard career, finally departed in the sixth, it was still only a two-run margin for the Jumbos, 3-1, as the Crimson bats once again went AWOL for the first two-thirds of the game. Harvard had managed its lone run in the bottom of the first on a Mark Bingham RBI single...
...veritable backyard supermarket," exults Vietmeyer, who has probably done as much as anyone to drum up the new enthusiasm for the winged bean. "From top to bottom," he explains, "it is all edible. The leaves are like spinach, the stems like asparagus, and you can eat the flowers and the tubers too. And after they are steamed or boiled, the seeds and pods taste like good mushrooms...
THIS VULGAR DARWINISM boils down to deeply conservative politics. It serves as a powerful force of legitimization for the elites of a hierarchical society that kind to those on top and harsh to those on the bottom. Devore's talk attracted a huge crowd of Harvard students--the new elites--many of whom gave Devore a standing ovation. And their applause is understandable. Devore offers the perfect panacea for guilt--"Don't worry about inequality; don't feel guilty; you're not responsible." Those students discerning enough to recognize the inequalities of our society may still find solace...
...closer to the French shore than that from the Torrey Canyon, which blackened the English coast a decade ago, it had spread faster and penetrated deeper into Brittany's many inlets and estuaries. Even farther out to sea many food fish, except possibly sole, which stay near the bottom, will be contaminated. The season's take of crabs, including green crabs used for bouillabaisse, may be wiped out. In addition, ornithologists noted, an archipelago called the Seven Islands, France's largest marine bird sanctuary, is surrounded...
Most serious of all, the slick could do irreparable damage to plankton and other algae. At the bottom of the ocean food chain, these simple organisms, directly or indirectly, provide sustenance -to say nothing of life-giving oxygen -for all the creatures higher up on the ladder of marine life. The Breton seaweed crop, grown for the pharmaceutical, textile and food industries, represents 90% of France's seaweed production and 75% of Europe's. This year's crop has been heavily damaged...