Word: gatherer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drafty old Commodore Barry Club can push the temperature only to about 50 degrees F, but the musicians just button their overcoats tighter, blow on their hands and take out their instruments. After all, it isn't every day that so many of their kind -- 20, at least -- gather in one place. In a musical subculture so arcane that few even know it exists, this counts as a world-class event: the first East Coast Convention of Cumann na bPiobairi, the national Irish Pipers' Club -- and what is a little discomfort? The novices are eager to hobnob with such superstars...
...that there is a specific reason for the technological revolution to be occuring in this ancient field. Scholars of the classics are considered to be in a small group of academics--including Biblical and Shakespearean experts--who discuss a relatively select collection of works. Thus it is possible to gather all the classics into one condensed work...
...Weavers galvanize everyone around them. The already spectacular level of drinking escalates, as Alun and his mates gather each midday at the Bible and Crown, the local pub. From there, it is on to expeditions in search of other watering houses that have not been rendered horrible by modern redecoration. At one such ruined spot, Peter pays ironic tribute to the affluent society: "In the bad old days only very rich people could hope to enjoy surroundings like these. Now they're within the reach of all." While the men pub-crawl, the wives gossip, drink wine and discuss...
Washington comes to Harvard today, as former and current government officials gather to form two panels at the Kennedy School of Government and the Law School...
...spurred vigorous opposition from gay-rights activists, civil rights lawyers and public-health officials. They urge, instead, voluntary testing that includes what have been called the "three Cs": informed consent, confidentiality and counseling. This week both views will be represented in Atlanta as medical experts from across the nation gather for a conference sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control to debate the value of mass AIDS testing. Among the questions to be discussed: How far should the Government go in supporting and even requiring the test? How effective would mass testing really be in containing the spread...