Word: inglis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there's a pleasant surprise waiting for you at Briggs. Bring your coupon book and a friend, but don't interrupt Coach McLaughlin to tell him you're RSVP'ing...
...large statue of a dragon between Widener's Library and Boylston Hall was carved during the reign of the emperor Chia Ch'ing, who ruled China from 1796-1821. It was donated in 1936 by the Harvard Alumni of China, York says...
More important even than money power is the power of television. Television is the main battleground for public opinion in our time, and professional campaign designers try to outwit television news masters in a game of mask-ing-and-unmasking, or "I've got a secret" against "This is their secret." Television reaches its climax in the so-called great debates. For forgotten reasons these debates, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, wander like a traveling road show from city to city. They are vital as a display of contending personalities, but they have degenerated into quiz shows...
Some experts suspect that the runaway dollar may be partly a political phenomenon. Foreigners watch ing this year's presidential campaign for clues about the future investment climate in the U.S. like what they see in the public opinion polls. Says Stephen Marris, a former economist for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: "In the last two or three weeks, the growing feeling is that it's going to be a landslide for Reagan. That basically means more people want to put money into America...
...formally consecrated as Bishop of Durham in York Min- ster amid cries of protest. Less than three days later, in the early hours of the morning, lightning forked down on the wooden roof of the minster's 13th century south transept. By 2:30 a.m., flames were leap- ing from the medieval masterpiece that is the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe...