Word: gotten
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tigers had "gotten off the bus" Friday night, but their good night's sleep didn't show. They fell behind early, as starting quarterback Tom Yohe led the Crimson to two first-quarter scores...
Assistant Dean of the Faculty for Facilities R. Thomas Quinn, the official who oversees bathrooms, acknowledged that "things had gotten really bad. People who had to use them were disgusted. I would be if I had to use them...
Thus a name was born. Although the crew retains that handle, its members don't live up to their off-color reputations anymore, according to Wood. "We've all calmed down and gotten jobs," he says...
...party's over. The days of drinking are done. For years Harvard operated under the theory of in loco parents; your House Master could allow you to have beer just like Mom or Dad could. Now, with the drinking age being raised to 21, Harvard has gotten scared. The new legal limit encompassed a lot more students than the old legal limit. Harvard, instead of waiting to see if in loco parentis could hold up in court, has decided to enforce the new drinking...
...Balkan Airlines' Rome office without a working knowledge of English. In fact, one important prosecution witness, former Balkan Airlines Hostess Magdalena Traynova, who now lives in Chicago, said that she once worked with Antonov and was certain that he spoke the language. Said Traynova: "I couldn't myself have gotten my job without English...