Word: bumps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bought because pigeons did not defy local zoning laws and because, once he saw the grounds, "I thought this was the place to pursue pigeon excellence." This year that excellence found a place in the Olympics. Producer Wolper, unintentionally alluding to yet another bird, had promised "a 20-goose-bump performance." Maybe it was more...
...generally regarded as a turning point in the University's history, but Corporation members disagree Francis H. Burr '35, who retired in 1982 after 28 years on the board, says that while the events of 1969 greatly affected the lives of the people involved, it was merely a bump in the road for Harvard. "There was a lot of rhetoric thrown around," he says, "but I don't think there were many substantive changes...
...solar array panels and fire the minijets on his MMU to match Max's spin of one revolution every 6 min. Using a trunnion-pin attachment device (TPAD), a hollow canister-shaped mechanism strapped like a huge belly button to the chest of his suit, Nelson would gently bump the 5,000-lb. satellite's protruding trunnion pin (installed for just such a rescue). Three rubber-coated, spring-loaded jaws in Nelson's TPAD were supposed to snap like a mousetrap, firmly locking Max's trunnion into place...
...which a clear front-runner may never emerge. Only one thing is clear, the road to the Democratic. Party convention in San Francisco is tile with pot holes and the party is riding on shocks that are already worn Prospects for victory in November get dimmer with every bump along the trail...
...babies move uncoordinated? He never moved that way. When he danced, it was like he was an older person." Katherine talks about her life raising nine children as if she were taking a walk over a patch of ground for the thousandth time, familiar and at ease with every bump and flower. We talk for about 20 minutes while my cab waits...