Word: cures
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heavily varnished for protection. The varnish gradually darkened to an ocher soup, contributing to the traditional idea that Raphael, a draftsman without peer, was a mediocre colorist. The change also raised the suspicion in some specialists' minds that the lower and darker half of the painting, depicting the cure of a boy's madness by divine grace, had actually been done by Raphael's pupil Giulio Romano...
...congressional Black Caucus seem to have no idea, yet, how to make use of this anger, of the energy unleashed by Roots. "We've been given a piece of literature that takes the civil rights struggle to a higher level," said black Congressman John Conyers. "It doesn't cure unemployment or take people out of the ghetto. But it's a democratic statement as eloquent as any that's ever been devised, and we've been talking about what can be done with...
When Mr. Scheft was looking for masqueraders, he entirely overlooked the fans at hockey games. The fans suffer from chronic lethargy and apathy, something of which the Band has never been able to cure them, although it has tried and is still trying. However, as in any persistently futile effort, momentary lapses are entirely unavoidable. The response of the fans to the Band is always nil. In fact, the only positive response the hockey band gets from anyone is great praise and support from the team itself, through Coach Cleary. After last year's playoff upset at UNH (were...
...enforcement by OCR. Its buddy-buddy relationship with Harvard makes it unlikely that the government will do more than slap Harvard on the hand and "encourage" it to make a "good faith effort" to solve the most blatant problems. But just as a band-aid cannot cure cancer, neither can a slap on the hand stop Harvard's historic policies of national, racial and sexual discrimination. The attacks on democratic rights exist beyond the bounds of Harvard and must be met in a movement not only among students, but also among workers and professional employees...
...been a curse since high school days. He could fall asleep and indeed often did, at almost any time−in front of his class, at the wheel of his car and even while giving driver-training instruction. For years, despite spending thousands of dollars looking for a cure and being twitted by his friends about his intermittent stupors, he was unable to do anything about his affliction...