Word: georgetown
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...WHEN Georgetown's basketball coach walked off the court at Saturday's contest with Boston College, adoring fans gave him a standing ovation. Funny thing is, the game hadn't even started...
...Georgetown's Thompson complains that Proposition 42 discriminates against Blacks because it deprives only the disadvantaged of the means to get a college education. Presumably, wealthy, academically deficient athletes will still be able to pay their own way and sit out a year under the partial qualifier rule...
...Washington, a city without sincerity, the Redskins have always been true. All that unites our divided city is the team. No one cares what color the quarterback is, as long as he beats the Cowboys and the Giants. We all throw bagels in Georgetown when we win. We all stay home sick when we lose...
...most accounts, the Fed is attempting to nip inflation before it buds, a policy some economists believe could be dangerous. Says Sidney Jones, a professor at Georgetown University's business school: "The Federal Reserve is overreacting to the risk of what it perceives as an overheated economy. I don't think it's there." Adds Edward Yardeni, chief economist for Prudential- Bache Securities: "I hope Greenspan doesn't do too good a job of keeping the lid on, because it could cause a recession. I don't think he will, but he could take some...
There is a marvelous mystery that Scouten is nurturing for the White House bicentennial celebration. Only one eyewitness account exists of the laying of the cornerstone on Oct. 13, 1792. An unknown Philadelphian related in a letter that the Freemasons had paraded from Georgetown to the site, placed a plaque between two stones, then returned to "Mr. Suter's Fountain Inn, where an elegant dinner was provided," followed by 16 toasts. The celebrators understandably forgot to record where the cornerstone and plaque were laid...