Word: clapper
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from below, they bounce back into the interior, where the greater heat bends them toward the surface again. The result, says astronomer Robert Noyes of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, is a "sun ringing like a bell, but not one that is being struck by a clapper. Rather, it is vibrating somewhat like a bell suspended in a sandstorm, continuously struck by tiny grains of sand...
...Clapper Nappers...
...Princeton freshmen recently rescued tradition when they dodged a clanging bell to steal the clapper from the Nassau Hall bell tower. The crazy college hijinks are an annual rite of passage for Tiger frosh...
...clapper-nappers, who disguised themselves as construction workers, convinced a Nassau Hall security officer to give them keys to the bell tower. "They looked like construction workers," the security officer told the Princetonian. "They were scruffy and, oh, gee, I don't believe this...
They will "absolutely not" return the clapper to its rightful owners, Jedd told the Princetonian. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS...