Word: hammeringly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...world and its spirit forces. Kneeling "conveys belief that life demands the beautiful giving of the self to persons of honor." A standing posture implicitly suggests power, life, fortitude, kingliness-as in (amid a host of other examples) the sacred fetishes of Zaire, wooden figures into which tribesmen ceremonially hammer nails as a proof of moral integrity; the fetish, they believe, will kill any evil-spirited person who adds a nail...
...most controversial and extended debates the committee faces are expected this fall when the members attempt to hammer out a workable program they can recommend to Bok and Horner. The committee will then have to wrestle with the many problems posed by any increase in the size of Harvard's student body...
...faire morality. Private eyes, and movies about them, generally adhere to a moral code so strict that it often looks sentimental. Black Eye remains unruffled about everything from homosexuality and runaway kids to mind-warping evangelism and slaughter in the name of the law. By comparison with Stone, Mike Hammer would look like Lancelot of the Lake...
John McCulloh, the high jumping freshman, was knocked out of the competition at 6 ft. 8 in., Steve Niemi failed to qualify in the hammer throw and Nick Leone Made the finals in the 440 after running a 48-second quarter in the semifinals, but he could not come back as strong as his trial heat...
...Flyer who holds hockey's all-time penalty record-348 min.-is Dave ("The Hammer") Schultz. A soft-spoken Canadian who grew up in a Saskatchewan Mennonite community where he attended Bible camp for several summers, Schultz turns into a hired killer on the ice. "I get so worked up I don't know what's going on," he admits. Indeed Schultz at times makes hockey resemble a roller derby or pro wrestling with his wild punching sprees. Against the N.Y. Rangers in a semifinal Stanley Cup game, Schultz slugged Brad Park four times while the Ranger...