Word: felted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fourth essay, on the '60s, focuses on the Vietnam conflict. He was listed in a survey as writer outstandingly in favor of continuing American involvement in Vietnam, but Updike felt misrepesented. So he wrote a letter to The New York Times in 1966, "claiming that not only I but the president (whoever he was) was not an ostrich...
Many people in the computer industry were unhappy last week when shares of Microsoft fell almost 14% in one day. But no one felt the sting more than William Gates, 33, the boyish-looking co-founder and chairman of the software- manufacturing firm. His 38% stake in Microsoft left him nearly $175 million poorer -- on paper. (His shares are still worth $1.1 billion.) Investors dumped the stock after hearing that profits were about to dip because of unanticipated delays in shipping two new versions of Microsoft's word- processing program...
...Crimson felt a little rusty in around-robin tournament last weekend at William andMary. In 25-minute scrimmages against Penn State,the University of Virginia, Maryland, Williamand Mary, Lafayette, Hofstra and the World Cupteam, Harvard lost all but three games...
...were all learning new things together," Micki Colfax says. "It was a challenge we thought we could handle...If there was something in the day we felt we couldn't master, we would just turn around and try it the next...
Drew says, "I realized I was missing out on some things, but it didn't bother me that much. I also missed a lot of crap." Drew, who is considering becoming a teacher, says he felt prepared for college life and perhaps had an advantage over his peers who had gone to school...