Word: glorious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...educated refugees from the lower classes. Rather, it seems that the major leaders of past revolutions have been what Max Nomad, a student of revolutions, called "declasse intellectuals"--members of the upper class who have defected. In Crane Brinton's "Anatomy of Revolution"--a study of England's "Glorious Revolution," America's War of Independence, the French Revolution, and the Russian Revolution--he found in all cases that "an enzyme without which the revolution would have been impossible" was the defection of pedigreed members of the Ruling Class...
...Chavez's contracts left the workers defenseless. If anyone wanted to work he had to be in "good standing" with Cesar Chavez. As one Washington columnist wrote, "These glorious contracts reek of the docks--the docks of Charleston and New Orleans 120 years ago. Like slave traders and plantation owners, Chavez and the growers are buying and selling human beings...
...quote the Encyclopedia Britannica on Indian Summer: "The haziness of the air, the musty odor and glorious mordant coloring of the leaves, the smell of smoke from rampant fires in the dry woods and the relaxing physiological effect of the warmth following the previous cold snap all contribute to the distinctive and romantic stereotype of Indian Summer that has been cherished by generations of Americans." This is offensive? This is a slur on the Indian people? This shows "sneakiness...
...this year something is different. The scenario is still similar; it's that same athlete one year removed from his glorious senior year and he is still unsure about whether he should hang...
Nonetheless, the architects endowed Harvard with a veritable firmament of bannisters. At the top of the list is Sever Hall, already renowned for another architectural idiosyncrasy--the whispering arch. The glorious wooden bannisters in Sever's concourse are the slickest and longest at Harvard, and any student sophomoric enough to slide down between classes will surely make a bang, even if he or she doesn't crash through the glass doors. Matthews Hall and the Science Center have challenging and steep bannisters that should test the mettle of any slider who looks over the edge to the chasm below...