Word: gem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Columbia is a gem as well. Sophomore Eric Fromm returns from an unbeaten (16-0) frosh season, and coach Butch Seewagen has added two Australian freshmen stars to an already powerful roster. Some serious team dissension this spring could keep the Lions from winning the crown...
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...most eloquent of men, Phillies manager Danny Ozark once attempted to praise an outfielder with this gem: "Mike's limitations are virtually limitless...
With typical Magyar verve, Hungarians have managed to bring a sense of style and vitality to their brand of socialism, making it the gem of Marxism-Leninism. Fashionably tailored men and chic women bustle through Budapest's business and shopping districts, while imported autos (mostly East German Wartburgs and Soviet-made Zhigulis and Ladas) jam its streets. The city's elegant cafés and restaurants serve rich pastries and gourmet meals without the sullen service all too common in other East European cities. Billboards and newspapers (although not television) display imaginative and colorful ads urging consumers...
INMAN SQUARE HAS BECOME a sort of flower-case cultural center in Cambridge. Like an old gem in an awfully tacky setting, this confluence of streets dimly shines out of the decaying sprawl of industrial and residential space that is East Cambridge. In recent years, Inman Square has become the site of several good bars, some firstclass restaurants and a dinner theater. Last Wednesday the venerable intersection established further claim to its position in Cambridge's cultural firmament with the opening of the Off-Broadway Theatre on Hampshire Street, in the garage-like structure that was the home...