Word: cools
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Croquet is a cool sport--it's half chess, half pool, half golf," he said. "Despite it's old-boy connotations, croquet is an enduring pastime which, with new technology, has become more exciting, both to play and watch...
...Family Studies courses. Mike's father, Henry Bibby, was the point guard for three UCLA championships (1970-72). Those who have seen both play say that Mike, 18 and slightly shorter (6 ft. 1 in.) than his father, has the old man's shooting touch, his court sense, his cool under pressure, even his posture. As it happens, Henry Bibby, now 48, was in Indianapolis for the Final Four, both as the coach for U.S.C. and as a member of the '72 Bruins, who were being honored on the 25th anniversary of their championship. Unfortunately, Henry was not in Indianapolis...
...November for President Clinton and members of Congress who boasted about a new law forcing insurers to pay for at least two days in the hospital for women giving birth. That response has opened the floodgates to a much broader effort to force reform. Though Republicans are so far cool to any sweeping legislation, some more narrowly targeted proposals are picking up bipartisan support. One such bill, introduced in February, would set a "prudent layperson" standard for emergency-room treatment: an insurer must pay for any condition a layman reasonably fears is an emergency, even if it turns...
...first I thought it was cool to be with upperclassmen," said Dave A. Tortorella '00, who stayed with juniors in the Quad last year. "But I felt distanced from prefrosh activities. A lot of the prefrosh were hanging out in the Square, and it was a huge trek for me to go back to my room every night...
...well. I have felt the fear of fellow pedestrians almost palpably as I walk down Mass. Ave., or to and from my dorm, because I am supposed to represent some gun-toting black monster who is out to rape or rob or kill. I have kept calm and cool even as my brow begins to sweat over accusations that somehow I was given a favored, academically undeserved admittance to this school. Astonished, I have witnessed impassioned arguments for unequal funding for predominantly black schools and vehement protests against the allegedly all-black phenomenon of welfare dependency. Racism is alive...