Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...victory ran the Crimson record to 9-5. The stickmen play their final game Saturday at the Business School Field against the Big Green of Dartmouth. The Crimson will be looking for a break-even Ivy League record, and a third-place league finish...
...tension is quickly smoothed over, and the play ends poignantly as the coach plays a recording of the championship game. As the winning shot is described, the men break into their old school fight song--they are inextricably tied together by the single moment of glory in their lives. They must stick together. Only through a collective, self-deceptive retreat into the past can these men escape the specter of mediocrity. And they cling desperately to the Coach's exhortation--"Never forget that, never!"--hoping without really believing it that their success in a game of basketball has carried over...
Work is clearly different for Estella, who says she gets plenty of recognition on the job, than it is for one temporary worker who is the same age and who says the most interesting part of her job is "when you come across a mistake, a break in the routine." The temporary worker, who like many other employees on the third floor asked to remain unidentified, says that when she first came to Holyoke Center, "I said, My God, people are doing this work and they're into it." She will be leaving soon, she says, then adds...
...Airlines. The committee recommended that wiretapping, bugging and break-ins occur only after proper court orders. Within the U.S., the CIA would be permitted to act only to protect its own employees or infiltrate a domestic group to establish "cover" for a foreign intelligence mission...
Jagger attempts to lead the band through a Jamaican reggae tune, "Cherry O Baby," the only non-original song on the album, but no one can generate the energy or interest to break through the monotony. But the problem may lie as much with the sequencing of the cuts as with the quality of the Stones' rendition or the song itself. Listened to in isolation, "Cherry Oh Baby" comes off as a fairly good and authentic reggae imitation. But for the ear accustomed to rock and roll's strong second beat emphasis and generally faster pacing, the reggae rhythm often...