Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BETWEEN THESE HIGH action scenes are a few in which we witness the author free associating. After some fast-paced violence, nothing could be duller than the author explaining his principles...
...Eberstadt provides for each character, the fleeting situations, and the host of minor characters with their quick and pointed dialogue. She has a flair for constructing detailed, exotic scenarios which somehow manage to seem plausible without losing any of their fantastical quality. Each character is more eccentric than the fast, but instead of seeking like stylized brats seeking to be unconventional, they appear completely natural in their pursuit of oddities. Instead of pretension one finds rich, imaginative episodes, bordering on fantasy...
...Princeton race we lacked quickness and an aggressive start," said Co-Captain and five seat Jenny Hale. "We had that for Dartmouth. We came off the line fast...
...College official was pleased to offer; samples the roast beef and potatoes at Cabot House; receives the "Blessing for Prospective Students and Other Waywards" from Plummer Professor of Christian Morals PETER J. GOMES, minister in Memorial Church; and catches up on campus news with Cambridge's only break-fast-table daily. Threskiornis, who plans to major in pharmacology, has until May 1 to let Harvard know his intentions...
Many economists believe that the dollar is now overvalued by as much as 50%. And while the American currency could fall just as far and just as fast as it has risen, experts do not foresee rapid changes. Says Edward Yardeni, chief economist for Prudential-Bache: "It is quite possible that the 1980s will prove to be the dollar's decade to move up, just the way the 1970s was the dollar's decade to move down...