Word: gotten
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...advance fire team climb to the top of a small hill while the rest of the platoon, headed by Lieut. Steve Darnell, pushes through the wooded terrain. All the soldiers creep silently through the underbrush. "It's pretty quiet," whispers Duden. "I just hope Darnell hasn't gotten us lost again...
Everyone should be aware of the insults leveled at the student negotiators by Ira A. Jackson '71, assistant dean of the Kennedy School and the man directly responsible for bringing a portion of Engelhard's ill-gotten millions to Harvard. He questioned whether we were fit to be members of an institution of higher learning. He and Epps made thinly-veiled threats of arrest, of disciplinary action by Harvard, and of our being held responsible for the actions of what used to be called "outside agitators." And when the possibility of returning the donation was discussed, Jackson asked, "Where...
Admittedly, parts of last Saturday's older crowd felt intermittently gripped. One woman, referring to the spoiled girl's lying accusations, was heard to say to her companion. "If I'd had that child alone for five minutes. I'd have gotten the truth out of her." At least somebody was into...
...current mood, the public seems disposed to favor candidates who promise the least instead of the most, a dramatic switch from the chicken-in-every-pot, two-cars-in-every-garage philosophy of the past. "The public has gotten off the spending binge," says Deloss Walker, a Memphis political consultant who engineered the surprise victory of Businessman Fob James in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Alabama. "People feel they themselves have tightened their belts, but the political leadership...
...Governing Rhodesia with Black Colleagues. It turned out far better than I expected. All of my white associates are surprised at the agreement we have received and the logic and common sense we have gotten from [our] black colleagues. We have found that when they are working constructively within the confines of government, they are far more reasonable and responsible than when they are outside appealing to the electorate...