Word: bunks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...really going to Tambov," said a Moscow friend, surprised that I would be traveling to such a provincial and undeveloped place. "There's a Russian saying: the Tambov wolf is your comrade." I remembered his sneering tone as I stared at the flat landscape from the two- bunk compartment I was sharing with Yuri Shchekochikhin, a commentator from the Soviet weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta. So, you are heading off into the wilds of Russia? See for yourself how far the reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev have gone. An image came to mind of perestroika as a stalled tractor, sinking ever deeper into...
...slept her way to the top, is seduced by something she has never before seen in a man: innocence. She invites herself back to his apartment, only to discover that he really is innocent. She can sleep over, he allows, but he gets to be on top -- the top bunk, that is. Eventually, however, in a subtle and charming scene, Josh learns how a man and a woman can share the same bed, and that adulthood has its own pleasures...
...from a recent Crimson article about the Anti-Finals Club Resolution. "I really don't feel that it's the council's place to take a stand...The finals clubs are not affiliated with the University," said Debbie J. Slotnik '90, chairman of the services committee. This is complete bunk. Who are the members of the final clubs? Harvard undergraduates. The final clubs are part of Harvard's "social life"--the same "social life" which the council pretends is its only concern. If the final clubs are not an issue worthy of the council, what...
...Julio Varela ever engaged in any physical activity more demanding than climbing into and out of his bunk bed? An otherwise informative article in the 11 February edition discussing the American chances for glory in the Calgary Olympics is tainted by "Reporter" Varela's remark about the biathalon. "Who," he asked, "would want to win a medal in a 'sport' that combines cross-country skiing with target practice? Except maybe Charles Bronson." Who indeed...
...ferry Don Juan collided with an oil tanker in 1980. More than 100 drowned. Last week's disaster may have been caused by navigational errors -- or negligence. One survivor alleged that at the time of the collision the Dona Paz's captain was watching a video in his bunk and the first and third mates were drinking beer, leaving an inexperienced apprentice in charge of the bridge. The catastrophe was all the more painful because of the approaching holidays. Calling the accident a "national tragedy of harrowing proportions," President Corazon Aquino * ordered a full investigation and declared "strict sanctions must...