Word: cadets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slavishly based on one of the tried-and-true. Fans of the New Testament should recognize a lot of the action. There are good guys and bad guys. The bad guys sneer most of the time, and put razor blades in the sneakers of Pierce, the first Black cadet in the Institute's history. Will, the hero, talks a lot about saving the Black cadet from his tormentors because it's the "right" thing to do, turning the other cheek, and doing unto others in the classical Christian manner...
Hays recalls being "pleasantly surprised" two summers ago when she received a letter from Calvert informing her that the cadet intended to swim for the Crimson in the upcoming season...
...turned out, Harvard's higher-ups issued some orders that made Calvert's first months in Cambridge rather unpleasant. As a transfer student, she did not qualify for on campus housing, and the best accomodations Harvard could provide the former cadet was a room is the Jordan Cooperatives...
With Harvard holding a three-point edge and guard David Bernard at the line, Wothke pulled all five of his starters. Bernard sank both ends of his one-and-one and the Crimson bagged two buckets while holding the Cadet second-string scoreless. When Wothke reinserted his starters two minutes later, Harvard (now 5-5 overall, 0-1 in Ivy play) owned a 50-41 lead and the game...
...Galaxy, also written by Douglas Adams. Once again the protagonist is a reluctant wanderer named Arthur Dent; once again his intergalactic guide is an extraterrestrial named Ford Prefect. Vooming around the void accompanied by a two-headed, three-armed creature who once controlled the universe and a sexy space cadet, Dent manages to avert Armageddon and save the world for life as we never knew it. Adams delights in cosmic pratfalls, and if he sometimes loses track of his narrative, he more than makes up for it by confirming what many have suspected all along: "He learned to communicate with...