Word: calling
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...arrangement is the creation of Minimalist Sculptor Carl Andre, who was commissioned at a cost of $87,000 by a local foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. But Hartford citizens could not be more angry if they had paid for it themselves. Snapped Mayor George Athanson: "You call that a sculpture? I could have done that." Residents condemned the boulders as "a public nuisance"; businessmen protested that they could become hiding places for muggers and targets for graffiti addicts. One citizen suggested the city return the rocks and consider his $99.95 offer for the junk in his basement...
...crowding has resulted from a phenomenon college administrators call "overenrollment"--when a higher percentage than anticipated of the students admitted to a school actually decide to attend...
Harvard's search for a new athletic director has provided plenty of surprises over the past several months, but it has not yet provided a new director. Robert B. Watson '37, the current director, has been trying to call an end to his three-decade Harvard career for almost a year now, but political infighting has blocked the choice of his successor and forced him to stay on. In the meantime, Watson, all too sure of his lame-duck status and unwilling to burden his successor with his long-term decisions, has his hands tied, and the department's activity...
...think Harvard should build any more complexes, any more anythings," Vellucci said. "Let's call it finito, FINITO, as it's said in Italian. No more buildings," he said...
Check out the schedule for instance. The first four games, why, it's as if Joe made it out himself. Two non-league games, and while I ain't gettin' on nobody's case, Columbia and Cornell ain't exactly what you'd call the cream of the crop. At least not this year...