Word: fastnesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Apparently Farr was an irregularbusiness man; "People come and go pretty fast overthere," they warned me. The 17-year-old asked ifI'd strung pearls before: "Oh, you probably won'tget the job if you're not experienced." Theyexplained to me what went into pearl stringing,which the old man said the kid was good at--armsfolded across his stripes, the kid nodded inconfident agreement. I could hear them stilldiscussing Farr while I waited for the elevatordown...
However, Russell said, "anyone new would have to be a real flash--someone who gathered a lot of publicity fast...
Holy Cross started off fast in the fourth set, looking to make a comeback and tie the match at two sets apiece. The teams traded points before Holy Cross held on to a 10-9 lead...
...think other people can too." Yet she is uneasy. "But if we're going to be better off," she says, "something will have to happen." Something to ensure that the middle rung of America's ladder to success does not shrink too fast...
...customary Olympic isms -- commercialism and jingoism -- were common colds next to the pestilence of cynicism, sexism and racism spread by the mere fact of anabolic steroids and by a rampant suspicion that Johnson's miscalculation was not in usage but in dosage. The Jamaican-born Canadian with fast feet and a slow tongue muscled himself up to a point where he could hoist an entire country onto the gold-medal platform. His 100-meter dash was a sensation. Then, when he let Canada down, it disowned him entirely. Unreserved witnesses stirred by his false accomplishment took precautions never...