Word: breeching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...elections come out, and it's not uncommon for an election to be uncontested. Maybe this is changing: One candidate for the Freshman Council last year went so far as to buy an advertisement in The Crimson to boost his campaign. He was accordingly disqualified, but not even this breech of political ethics gave much sign of denting his constituents' indifference. Presumably they had their eyes on bigger game...
...time, environmentalists apparently will be on their own in fighting the project. But eventually it may come back to the University, and at that point someone will have to decide whether to put forth the final battle or accede to what John Stillman, another descendent, has called a "creeping breech of trust...
Karamojong women may sport a beaded apron or cowhide mini-breech-cloth, but the men will suffer nothing more than metal bangles or an eagle's feather in the hair, earrings and a few copper neckbands. Concerned that such casual garb would make Uganda appear backward, the country's ebullient President, General Idi ("Big Daddy") Amin, decreed that the tribesmen should don shirts, trousers and shoes. The order struck the Karamojongs as an act of naked repression. Village chiefs who tried to read Amin's declaration ("Nakedness is neither in your interest nor in the interests...
Munro has failed on both counts. Both Thomas and Gomez call Munro personally a nice guy: but he has failed to go beyond a superficially friendly contact. Indicative of the breech between him and the players is the fact that although the players have met with Watson, and Munro has met with Watson, the players have not met with Munro since last term...
...will they much like As You Like It, a little sprig of urban renewal that is filling the breech these days at the Old Bick headquarters. As You Like It is possibly the cleanest and politest eating place this side of the Window Shop. It resembles the kind of homecooking enterprise that Dale Evans would launch if she and Roy moved to Cambridge. Not that the ambience is pseudo spurs-n-saddles. On the contrary, the decor is functional suburban, with its variegated red-brick walls left completely bare. Those huge blocks of lumber around the store-front...