Word: givens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Duncan has given us leadership since her freshman year," Harvard Coach Kathy Delaney Smith says. "She is verbal, enthusiastic and committed to the game...
THERE is an ironic appropriateness in the nickname of the Gramophone Awards that will be given out tomorrow night: the Grammies. First, there is the transparent crsatz casualness typical of that most transparently crsatz industry, the rock 'n' roll business. The name oozes bogus familiarity, a no-big-deal chumminess, as if millions of carefully watched dollars didn't stand or fall by the success of each nomination...
...that may be unavoidable, given all the styles currently available. Like cars, white shirts come with an array of customizing options, including button, snap or cutaway Windsor collars, as well as dobby weaves, textured herringbones and jacquards. Among the latest variations are snowy shirts with thin, widely spaced purple or teal stripes. Says Barbara Kirk, a men's-furnishings buyer for the Seattle-based Nordstom stores: "A plain white shirt isn't just a plain white shirt anymore." Nor is it cheap: at Wilkes Bashford, the price can reach $235 for a French-cuff Charvet shirt, made of Sea Island...
...video hound, a furry mutt, fetches video bones and "responds" to a few commands (if given in a predetermined order). The felines frolic with balls of string...
Most of these loans and grants, if given at all, should be paid for by state and local governments. Intended to help distressed areas, these funds too often wind up aiding profitable businesses in comfortable neighborhoods...