Word: fall
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Harmon is one of only four sophomores to row in the first boat this spring. The other three were Moore, Rod Petersen, and Kim Kiley, Petersen was in the freshman heavyweights' top boat in 1968 but switched to the lights during the past fall. Tom Dryer, the J.V. stroke, and teammate Os Erikson are two other sophomores who switched to the lighter squad this year...
Although Bell will not start teaching until the Fall of 1970, he will spend next year in Cambridge doing research and writing...
Yadin knew that ancient engineers dug deep tunnels under city walls to nearby springs. Once the source had been tapped and its waters brought underground into the city, the municipal water supply could not be cut off by besieging armies. When he surveyed the Hazor tell last fall, Yadin saw at its foot a network of seeping springs. Above them, atop the tell, was a large, shallow depression. Sure that the springs and the depression were related, Yadin put 160 diggers to work sinking test holes...
These days, Léger spends most of his time traveling through Cameroon to preside at confirmation ceremonies. He is also laying plans for a new center for all kinds of handicapped Africans. This fall, Leger will return briefly to Montreal to receive Canada's $50,000 Royal Bank Award for humanitarian achievement. Léger has earmarked the money for his center, for which he hopes to raise an additional $1,000,000 in Canada. He regards the center as a kind of beau geste that will inspire others to help Africa help itself. "I have always believed...
...with his boots on was about the best a gunfighter could hope for in the end. If he died on the gallows, the amateur hangmen were apt to miscalculate the drop; at least once, the force of the fall tore the victim's head off his body. If a corpse were not carefully guarded, it could wind up in the hands of the souvenir hunters, who had a nasty habit of flaying celebrities and preserving them for posterity. For example, Big Nose George Curry, who was done to death by a posse at Castle Gate, Utah, survived his execution...