Word: jim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that the first incident was clearly offensive, we are likely to question the dean's concern about the latter event. By linking the two, is she not trivializing racism? After all, no offense was intended by referring to the 1950s as a "care-free" era. Must we always mention Jim Crow when we refer to a pre-1970 decade...
...them traded away Doaker's grandmother and father, then a nine-year-old. On this piano, Doaker's grieving grandfather, the plantation carpenter, carved portrait sculptures in African style of the wife and son he had lost. To Doaker's hothead older brother, born under the second slavery of Jim Crow, the carvings on the piano made it the rightful property of his kin, and he lost his life in a successful conspiracy to steal...
Leading Dartmouth is All-America candidate Jim Barton, who is averaging 23.8 points per game. Dartmouth's all-time leading scorer, Barton has had to shoot less this year because of 7-ft, 1-in. junior center Walter Palmer's improved play...
...improved the team's fortunes by signing the likes of Co-Captain Jim Barton, a Tennessee sharpshooter who was heavily recruited by Memphis State. First Team All-Ivy last year, Barton is currently the nation's 25th-leading scorer, averaging 23.8 points per game...
...Harvard locker room parlance, `defense' usually refers to U.S. capabilities vis-a-vis NATO, `formations' often are those of molecules and `Big Red' is the people's Republic of China. But we try to keep familiar with all the definitions to keep the coaches happy." -- Harvard defensive tackle Jim Bell discussing the football team's plays...