Word: evens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sportswear, rugged shirts, footgear from army boots to oxfords, jackets, wool coats and even Harvard insignia are also sold. Although the store carries mostly mens' and unisex styles, some women's clothes are available...
...remember the day we decided to help each other out," Landau recalls. "We just said, `Let's motivate each other.' Even though we wanted the same position, there was never any friction between...
Cutone beat Landau out. But even as first-year players, both started on the varsity squad...
...terror lies first in the surprise. An earthquake is hidden from one moment to the next, as the future is hidden, as God is hidden. The event does not announce itself as most other disasters do, as a hurricane does, or a flood, or even an erupting volcano, which is after all hard to miss as dangerous geography. A plague too arrives more slowly. That is no consolation, but at least the mind and nerves are prepared. The event proceeds in a logical continuum of developing bad news...
Sometimes storms, even hurricanes, can be exhilarating. It is fun to stand on a beach during a histrionic blow. An earthquake is not that kind of thrill. The worst part may be the feeling of helplessness. There is no right thing to do just then, except perhaps to flee the building. There is no knowing where the earth will open next. The wild cracking follows no principle but the terrifyingly random. Denial ("this is not happening") competes with fascination...