Word: breeds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Harvard fans are a funny breed--you never know what games they'll show up to and how vocal they will be. For the most part, Harvard students are criticized for not cheering their teams enough, but that was not the case in the Harvard-North Carolina quarterfinal game of the NCAA women's soccer tournament last Saturday down in Chapel Hill. A loyal contingent of Harvard fans and parents made the trek all the way to Chapel Hill, paid the steep $7 ticket price and loudly voiced their support of the Harvard team...
...Tauscherism has not been adequately appreciated. Most of the ink evaluating moderate Democrats in Congress has been spilled on the Blue Dogs, an alliance of mostly Southern, mostly rural, mostly socially conservative House Democrats founded in early 1995. But the Blue Dogs are--pardon the expression--a dying breed. They gained six new members in 1997 but lost nine to retirement, defeat and party switching. Their membership totals...
That in itself can breed bigotry. One black Newark, N.J., teen interviewed by TIME launched into an ugly tirade about Jews--but many more expressed a sense of catharsis simply to be talking about the racial difficulties they face. On the other hand, white teens interviewed seemed to have more trouble discussing racial issues, and were often unable to even find the words to describe their feelings about ethnicity. Part of the problem, according to psychologist Tatum, is that some parents, particularly white ones, silence their children when racial issues are raised. This is done, sometimes, as part...
...many gay students on campus, including Brian J. Saccente '98, believe that events like "National Coming Out of Homosexuality Day" breed unhappiness...
...have a vocation means to have patience. "It took me 15 years to build a bear," says George of one of his arboreal sculptures. "I won't live long enough to build another bear like that one." Like carpenters and shoemakers, George represents a dying breed of quiet artisanship. And Dave represents the veteran worker who, having devoted himself to perfection on the job, must eventually give way, training his young, flashier female replacement...