Word: hic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could ever forget ELVIS PRESLEY's way with Nunc Hic aut Numquam? Or his heartbreaking rendition of Tenere Me Ama? Well, chalk it up to sic gloria: a Finnish professor, Jukka Ammondt, has translated several of the singer's hits into Latin and, with the vocals provided by Finland's Eurovision Choir, put them on a compact disc. "Latin," says Ammondt, "is an eternal language, so what better way to immortalize a legend...
...band has performed a number of now-leg-endary routines, including showing Sputnik in orbit (on the very same day the real satellite was launched), champagne pouring into a glass (complete with bubbles and a "hic") and a pen writing the word "Crimson" across the field. In 1953, for one performance only, the band did a drill on ice skates at Boston Garden...
...admit I have taken part in a few "knock down Canaday" discussions, the most memorable one on the UC shuttle back form the Game when a somewhat drunk fellow suggested we "sczhip sczhe whole schzing over to New Haven, where it would (hic) fit In." However impractical this may be, it does reflect the views of a great many Harvard students...