Word: kids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wooden figures of Indians in paint and feathers and armed with bow and arrows (who) sentineled the principal entrance to the grounds." Ostentation was the order of the day in certain circles--when tavern-owner Andrew Belcher died in 1717, his estate bore the cost of 96 pairs of kid gloves and 50 suits of mourning made expressly for the funeral. And during the Revolutionary War, a Tory German matron threw a birthday part in honor of George III. Cantabrigians could hardly keep their temper at that affront, so they surrounded the house in "silent, non-violent protest...
...When I was a kid, I used to go up to the Harvard Commencement, pick up all of the Coke bottles that were strewn over the Yard, take them to the store, and cash them in for 2 cents apiece. One day as I was walking out of the Yard loaded down with bottles, I looked down into the gutter on Quincy Street, spotted, picked up, and walked home with a $20 bill." --Rich McKinnon city council office...
...over the field and is talking to me, but I didn't understand a word he was saying. He's pointing down at players, saying, "That ole stud." I didn't know what the word meant, but he was trying to relate to a young kid, Stud. That was the only word he said that I understood my first three weeks there...
...enough about Fasi, Roberts or Munatones (another of Harvard's freshman aces)," Pike said. "When Fasi was out there playing against that kid from UCLA it looked the way the game is supposed to be played. It was just a tremendously exciting moment in sports...
...veteran campaign manager, who was more nervous than the other aides about the decision to decline, admitted that self-interest was the main concern. Said he: "We have our selfish reasons. Reagan has his selfish interests. We all have our selfish interests. Let's don't kid ourselves...