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Word: fitly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...realizes that tossed out with his color prints of the Cubs, the White Sox and the Bears are his guiding principles, his beliefs, and his old reasons for getting up in the morning. The sense of identity he used to wear around so comfortably just doesn't seem to fit anymore. Faced with an overwhelming sense of emptiness and panic, Conrad urges himself to "Get the motions right. The motives will follow...

Author: By Ruth C. Streeter, | Title: Bogeys in the Closet | 10/23/1976 | See Source »

...fill "essential" library posts and has apparently promised them they will be eligible for full-time jobs after the strike is settled. But the striking workers now view "return to work" conditions as the most important issue in the strike; specifically, they are concerned that the university may see fit to reinstate them in jobs other that those they were originally hired to fill...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Brown on Trial: 'We're going to resist them every inch of the way.' | 10/22/1976 | See Source »

...white majority. On a more concrete level, the effect of the university policy is to exclude Asian-American students from programs, such as minority recruitment and freshman orientation, designed to attract and encourage students who otherwise might not consider Harvard a community in which they would comfortably fit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Asian Americans | 10/19/1976 | See Source »

...these rock dwellings are above ground. On the perimeter of the valley, at Denikulu and Kaymakli, the Byzantines tunnelled down into the soft tufa and constructed underground cities eight levels deep and a mile wide, fit to house 10,000 people, their animals and their stores. The inhabitants cooked and ate communally. Special chimney systems were designed to conceal the smoke; ventilation shafts provided air. The various rooms are all connected by a labyrinthine network of stairs and corridors. These troglodytes wheeled mammoth stones across the entrance and holed themselves up for six months at a time...

Author: By John Sedgwick, | Title: Valley of the Fairy Kingdom | 10/19/1976 | See Source »

Drummer Artimus Pyle's recent target was the Macon Hilton, which failed to Include sugar with his room-service order of iced tea. "First I demolished the louvered doors," he recalls. "I tried to throw the TV out the window, but it wouldn't fit. So I splintered everything else." He sighs: "Whew, it always feels better without that tension...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Rotgut Life | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

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