Word: hunting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When they first appeared in Germany 500 years ago, one chronicle denounced them as an "uncouth, dirty and barbarous" people who "live like dogs and are expert at thieving and cheating." During the Middle Ages, aristocrats out on a hunt considered them fair game, along with birds and boar. More than 400,000 of them were murdered by the Nazis in the course of the Holocaust that also claimed 6 million Jewish lives. Even today West Germany's gypsies are openly persecuted. Says Grattan Puxon, general secretary of the Roma World Union, an international gypsy organization based in Bern...
...meek shall inherit the earth, what the hell is gonna happen to all us tigers," reads the caption under the picture of a puzzled feline that Pappy Hunt, women's cross country coach, presented to sophomore Martha Clabby at last night's end-of-season banquet...
Freshman pacer Darlene Beckford captured last night's other honor, as Hunt presented her with the "Outstanding Performer Award...
...Beckford is ready and determined. She's shooting for the top ten in the Nationals, but I wouldn't be surprised if she sneaks in among the top five," Hunt said of Beckford last night...
...Beating UMass who ended up taking the New Englands was a high point, and so was winning the GBC's (Greater Boston Championships). The Ivies, boy, there the team really pulled together and finished on a high note," Hunt added...