Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wouldn't you know it, I've fallen way behind in the Predix derby. In fact, I have to win 22 more games than Mark Doctoroff if I want to pass him and finish in first place. Lucky for me there are 22 games on this week's schedule...
...bear the child and refuse to put it up for adoption. In the late '60s and early '70s, about 71% of unwed white pregnant teen-agers and 26% of blacks married in haste before the birth of a child. By the late '70s, the number had fallen to 58% of whites and only 8% of blacks. Says Major Helen Warnock, director of a Salvation Army maternity home outside Tulsa: "Just a short time ago, getting pregnant when you weren't married was the worst mistake a 'nice' girl could make. Now having a baby...
Though Viet Nam veterans never got big parades, by next year they should at least be able to dedicate a memorial to their fallen comrades. But as with so much else touched by that tragic war, the memorial's eloquently understated design is stirring controversy...
...though not really political. It also has a certain show biz resonance, but that's not exactly right either. Even at the height of his fame--from the mid '50s to the mid '60s--he occupied an unusual niche, and now, with the passage of time, Tom Lehrer has fallen between the cracks of celebrity...
Given that attitude, it is not surprising that the football program has fallen on hard times. Last year's team went 2-9, including a loss at Harvard, and wins over Dartmouth and Rutgers. This season, the Indians beat Dartmouth again, but have won only two other games--against Marshall and James Madison. The eclectic list of losses includes Temple, Miami of Ohio, and Navy...