Word: gotten
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...frustratingly inconclusive sketch; it turns out to be not serious research but a more intimate, impressionistic picture of a people the author knows extremely well. "The characters in the book," he finally admits in the conclusion, "are not a scientifically selected sample, but people whom I happen to have gotten to know." The Oxford historian's wish is nothing short of becoming the cartographer of French passions; he writes that "if only as much were known about human passion as is known about the production of grain or sale of soup...world maps could be drawn showing the regional distribution...
...gotten to be really big on campus--almost god-like," said one band member yesterday of Polinsky. "He is going to lead the Yale commencement procession with a pink golf club," he added...
...long and too often have Black people been made to feel ashamed of their roots among Africa's beautiful cultures because of these "Tarzan" depictions that have been hung over our heads by exploitative and unsensitive mediums such as the Lampoon. It has even gotten to the point where there are many Black people who just cannot stand to hear about their own past heritage in Africa because of all the belittling lies that we have been, and are still being told. And as these lies ruthlessly take away and sense of pride or respect that we as Black people...
...that many high-tech issues are overrated. Some are selling at prices as high as 50 times their earnings; the average price for the 500 stocks in Standard & Poor's Index is about 13 times earnings. Says Zeikel: "It's true that some high-tech stocks have gotten ahead of themselves." But he argues that the overall high-tech trend is up and that the funds will ride up with...
...conclusion of division play. Runner-up Springfield finished with an 8-2 division mark. As division champion, Harvard will host the NCAA regional tournament April 16. The winner of that competition will receive a berth in the East's final four. Harvard has never gotten such a berth...