Word: givens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Congressional aides say that, although the House bill is still pending in subcommittee and is not likely to come to the floor for at least a month, the highly publicized mouse patent has focused congressional concern on the patenting of animals, which legislators previously had given low priority...
...Harvard women's tennis team is the Rodney Dangerfield of the national collegiate circuit. It keeps winning, but no one has given the Crimson its deserved recognition...
...this role with the disadvantage of having already established himself as the glib Young Republican Alex Keaton, who's forever offering us the secret of his success. The yuppie image of Fox's earlier roles biased critics against him at the outset. On the other hand, it has given Fox plenty of ammunition to flex his thespian (although rather slight bodily) muscles just enough to give an extremely convincing performance that both Siskel and Ebert admired. And it is quite admirable. Jamie Conway is a truly desperate soul, quite close to dulling his own smug-young-New Yorker edge...
...first thing that must be understood is that there are two separate playing fields, with completely different rules, for street musicians in Harvard Square. First, there is the Harvard-owned plaza adjacent to Au Bon Pain. Performance permits for this spot are given out by Harvard Real Estate, Inc. (HRE) and include permission to use amplification. Second, there is the Cambridge city property along Brattle Street. Performance permits for these spots are given out by the Cambridge Director of Traffic and Parking (DTP) and explicitly forbid the use of amplification. ["A performer may not use electric or electronic amplification...
Captain Steve Armstrong was honored with the Ralph "Cooney" Weiland Award for consistent and selfless play, while Andy Janfaza was given the Donald Angier Hockey Trophy for being the most improved player...