Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Blake's decision to turn pro was undoubtedly influenced by his performance on the court this year...
...Court House Museum in Vicksburg, Miss., a visitor is hard pressed to find evidence that the Civil War is over--or the War Between the States, as it's called in Vicksburg. Exhibit cases contain Confederate uniforms and still-polished Confederate weapons. Photographs of "loyal slaves" who, the captions approvingly note, refused to leave their masters even after the war. A white hood from the original Ku Klux Klan, described as a "fraternal organization" protecting the South from the ravages of Federal troops. A shrine to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, his portrait lovingly protected in its own special room...
...looking for the South, skip the Old Court House Museum, and leave Margaret Mitchell at home. Frankly, my dear, there's a far more interesting country waiting to be discovered...
Yesterday, District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns agreed to issue a decision on one of the claims in the suit--which argues that the College did not have the right to discipline the students so close to graduation--in the coming week...
...students--Valentin Dinu and Abraham Tsoukaldis--were suspended just nine days before Commencement, after the administrative board concluded that the students had stolen money from Harvard Student Agencies (HSA), according to court documents. They are seeking an injunction that would force the College to award the diplomas...