Word: knees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...classes. "He's going to be a regular student like everyone else," said Principal Charles Wolf. True, Ryan's reinstatement resulted from another court order, and true, AIDS victims around the country still face formidable prejudices. But the calm in Indiana was one of several signs last week that knee-jerk fear of people with AIDS may be subsiding, at least in some parts of the population...
...Army parlance, committed lay members are "soldiers," prayer meetings are "knee drills," and officers and soldiers take a pledge known as the Articles of War. Salva...
...plate of roasted nuts and dried seaweed. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the two freaks with the yellow hair, and then one of the dancers took my hand and beckoned for me to dance with her. Holding hands, I copied her steps: dancing with bent knee, flexed feet and palms, the effect was of marionettes courting each other with jerky movements. Then, all of a sudden, I realized that my dancing partner wasn't a woman at all, he was just wearing what we think of as woman's makeup: eye shadow, lipstick and mascara...
...some fantastic photography. Most of this section belongs in a book of photography. In 30 years, the artsy pictures of sleeping people, lobster traps, and brick walls will not draw me down memory lane. They will mean nothing to me as I sit with my grand-daughter on my knee and remember my college years. They don't serve the purpose of a yearbook--to provide a record of the college experience...
...contribution of $7 million, Levi Strauss gets to create the official outfit of the class of '86. Gone are black gowns and mortarboards. In their place: for the guys, boot-cut denims, snap-button Western shirts with solid-color yokes and Stetson hats; for the gals, knee-length gingham skirts, Lady Fryes and matching blouses and bandannas. Members of the Harvard Corporation and other honored guests on the dais wear full-length cowhide chaps...