Word: brightness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Well, no. A night's sleep, a warm bright morning and a big grits breakfast begin to focus facts. The breakfast (paper plate, plastic knife and fork) is at the Kountry Korner Restaurant. I've been advised that a trace of old Plains may be found here. And here indeed is more than a trace: eight middle-aged farmers at one long table talking land, bean planting, the future of Taiwan ("You think the Taiwans got a word to say about it? Think 1 billion can't take 17 million any day they want...
Peking's main thoroughfare, Ch'ang An Avenue, was decked out in holiday garb. Strings of red, pink, turquoise and yellow pennants fluttered gaily above the curb-to-curb crush of bicyclists and horn-tooting motorists, and bright red palace lanterns illuminated the Gate of Heavenly Peace. Not only in Peking but in every Chinese city, village and hamlet, the Lunar New Year celebration was under way last week...
...somewhat active, and only 15% are seriously involved in regular exercise. This latter group of fitness freaks tends to favor calisthenics, running and basketball, while those who are less committed to physical exertion favor bowling, walking and swimming. On the basis of the poll, Harris sees a bright future for calisthenics, softball and basketball and a slow rise or a decline for tennis, bowling, bicycling, hiking and swimming. Other findings...
Even more remarkable, though, is that Dalen actually gets you to care about Collins. When the brass decide to throw Collins out of his private office because he needs motivation, the line between the victim and the victor gets blurred. Seated there in a bright plastic secretaries room, even Collins can't beat out the system he's been enforcing. As Collins tries to work his way back up to his old status, his coldness takes on a different dimension--it's him against you, and neither party can afford to lose. Dalen manages to pull off this shift without...
...bright spots in the Harvard effort were Murray Dea's penalty-killing, and Hynes' 26-save two period performance. With freshman Scott Powers in the penalty box for tripping midway through the second, Dea frustrated the P.C. powerplay and improved Harvard's goals against average in man-down situations to a measely 18 per cent...