Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...support of a colleague's 53-day fast to protest the nuclear arms race, 13 Harvard University professors conducted their own fast yesterday...
Sheldon L. Glashow, Nobel Prize Laureate and Higgins Professor of Physics, said he viewed his day-long fast as an act of sympathy with the movement. "Reagan has a unique opportunity to save the world, an opportunity no one has had since Jesus Christ. The Russians are prepared to cooperate and we should be too," Glashow said...
Others scientists decided not to fast. "The act of fasting exerts a moral pressure because it is considered a virtuous act, but we need to concentrate on the sharing of information and logical argument," said Michael I. Ratner, a research associate at the Harvard College Observatory...
...team's main scoring threat, Bourbeau--like Fusco last year--is likely to be the target of opposing teams' cheap shots. But he will benefit from a recent mandate in the ECAC to clean up play. And his fast skating will help him escape the clutches of would-be attackers...
Young, at 5-ft. 10-in., 175 lb., has Smith's stature. And although he may lack Smith's quick humor and fast shot, he has been impressive in practices...