Word: gotten
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tutor-student contact in Dudley was called "almost non-existent, otherwise amicable," and "no worse than the other Houses." But other commuters have gotten to know the tutors, and their reaction was "improving," "gaining," even "excellent." Most, however, found the same barrier that exists in many of the residential Houses: "Staff sits together at lunch, and it is difficult to approach them without a sense of intrusion...
Until the seventh, varsity starter Byron Johnson had gotten by successfully on his control and slow curve, scattering eight hits and allowing only a pair of runs in the first inning. But during the last two frames his control faltered and he gave up two bases on balls and hit three batters...
...plane refueled in Winnipeg, and Debbie was ready. "It comes as very much of a surprise to me," she said with a straight face. "The position in which I was placed made it necessary to give my consent. But I don't need to. They would have gotten married anyway...
...indeed--so late that they played the first quarter with only five--not the normal six--members. Despite their handicap, they held the score to a 2-2 tie until the middle of the second quarter. By that time the Cabot attack, led by confident Cricket Fisher, had finally gotten off the floor to pick up 14 of its 18 points in the next two periods...
...book's card and leave it on the circulation desk, pick up a date-due slip, and depart, all without any supervision by librarians. For those used to Harvard's stricter methods, the whole procedure seems slightly haphazard. One leaves the library with the feeling that he has gotten away with something, if only a two-week book...