Word: chapelful
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...hours pass and despite going late to bed and the throb of stubborn hangovers, hundreds of undergraduates drag themselves to chapel Sunday morning, signing little white cards at the door to prove they've been there to get credit...
Rising high above the main building and disappearing into the overcast sky, the steeple of the school chapel kept silent watch as we parked the car in a small gravel lot protected by the leafless branches of several huge oak trees. The buildings were not large, but they were strong and old and they demanded respect. Stocky chimneys protruded at irregular intervals from the green-blue roofs, and the hard, wood doors were dark and wet from the rain...
...plan calls for the Devon boys to find a scapegoat on whom they can vent their frustration. They are goaded by the editor of the school paper, whose murky motive seems to be a belief that the U.S. needs a good purging. Someone breaks a new window in the chapel; four athletes corner a suspect and, while trying to force a confession out of him, bring on his death. A teacher then meditates on "that monster war-sending last thin death waves still reverberating around the world, even here to this little rural corner...
...tennis team may see Carolina blue on Friday afternoon, after meeting the University of North Carolina Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, the first in a series of matches with Atlantic Coast Conference squads for the netmen...
They'll hear the taunts: Chokers. Losers. Can't win the big one. They'll know that in the 21 years since the NCAA title last rested on Chapel Hill, Carolina has gone to the Final Four six times and the finals three times, and come up empty-handed. And they may even read stories that will question Dean Smith as a pressure coach, stories that will call him a top-notch recruiter, but maybe lacking in the skills that, with a game on the line in the final seconds, pushes his squad over the top. It's an easy...