Word: clays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yale biologist, Ross G. Harrison, unveiled his concept of a "sculptor" and "master builder" within each living cell. The sculptor, The Times said, "molds the aboriginal clay of life into his own image," while the master builder "organizes the stuff of life into its various tissues and organs...
...direction of Gay Head--up Island--until you get to Chilmark. Don't stop to look for a town, because there isn't one to look for. Just off the main road you'll find the Chilmark Community Center, a graying Cape Cod shingle building with four ill-kept clay tennis courts out back. In the far court on the left, whipping the ball over the net at breakneck speed, will be a tall young man sporting a vintage 1986 Kirkland House tee shirt with the memorable emblem "Kirkland House: Where Intelligence is Just Another Big Word" emblazoned across...
Clifford began his search for the Whydah in 1982. Armed with an exclusive permit from the state of Massachusetts, he concentrated on a 2-sq.-mi. area, using a magnetometer and side-scan sonar. In the summer of 1983 divers found a clay pipestem, brass nails and some rudder strapping. But try as he might, Clifford could not convince everyone that the artifacts were from the Whydah and not from any of the countless other ships that have been wrecked off the Cape. Even the 1984 discovery of three cannons failed to satisfy Clifford's critics. But last fall, while...
...answer lies on red clay courts far from Wimbledon or Flushing, where on summer mornings teenagers meet to work on their strokes and serves. They dress in fashionable warm-up outfits or immaculate whites adorned with well-known logos and swing imported Volkl, Kneissel or Belgian "Snauwaert" carbon racquets. Hovering nearby, track-suited trainers murmur advice. The days are a regimen of practice matches, endurance training and chalkboard strategy sessions, followed by evening shape-ups with sports psychologists...
...strong crew," Clay said, but he added that the "European competition is tough...