Word: cupped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rowing on a beautiful Saturday morning, the Crimson's first varsity boat cruised to a time of 5:44.3 to take the Cup while the Northeastern boat finished a second behind...
...Regis Cup last weekend, Harvard had turned in a stellar second-place finish on the same course. But Saturday, a light 3-5 knot breeze made steering and maintaining speed difficult. Yesterday, the gusts picked up to 8-10 knots, and the Harvard sailors seized upon these more favorable wind speeds...
...Regis Cup last weekend, Harvard had turned in a stellar second-place finish on the same course. But Saturday, a light 3-5 knot breeze made steering and maintaining speed difficult. Yesterday, the gusts picked up to 8-10 knots, and the Harvard sailors seized upon more favorable wind speeds...
...little more than nine inches high. Its base, stem and bulb are decorated with some 80 tiny and exquisitely made enamel-glass plaques, representing mythical beasts, evangelists, angels, prophets and apostles. The gold surface between them carries a rich linear ornamentation that never gets congested. The silver-gilt cup, borne up on the stem, is quite plain: it shifts visual gear from the "worldly" solidity of the base to an abstract purity that seems transcendent. If you wanted a container for the blood of Jesus, it would be impossible to imagine a more fitting one than this...
...companion to its new centennial edition, makes one wonder what folks will think of our medical practices in 100 years. Some of the alarming advice: for alcoholism, slowly suck an orange. For an earache, pour "hot as it can be borne" water in the ear. Drink a cup of coffee to help combat insomnia, and administer electric shocks to cut short a hysteria attack. Bleeding from a jugular vein will help with acute bronchitis, and morphine suppositories can alleviate vomiting during pregnancy. And for acne? Arsenic, of course...