Word: laid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Great Hall already contains a number of busts and at least one memorial (to John Gorman Palfrey) which are not relevant to the Union forces. The condition is, indeed, laid down in the deed of gift by which the Alumni Association transferred Memorial Hall to the Harvard Corporation in 1878 that no memorial should be put into it inconsistent with its purpose of commemorating not only the Union dead but all Harvard men who served in the Union forces. But it does seem that after the lapse of more than a century, this condition might be waived, either...
...seems well in storyland, but even the best-laid plans of mice and men.... Gino accepts an important internship at Stanford but comes to realize that Nicky cannot take care of himself or cope with the California lifestyle. The appearance of Jennifer Reston, Gino's love interest (Jamie Lee Curtis), complicates matters. Egged on by a co-worker, Nicky begins to fear that Gino will leave him for Jennifer. A series of more serious problems then confront the pair, but finally, all is resolved, and the love between the brothers is renewed in an utterly predictable ending...
...success, said Holmes, commenting that its homogenization could take away its attraction. "Now that parking is so expensive in the Square, why would anyone come here if they could get the same things at a mall?" Holmes asked. "You just don't want to kill the goose that laid the golden...
...Harvard laid several pucks on the Michigan State doorstep, and knocked on the post a handful of times, but MSU wouldn't exchange the Crimson's currency...
...contrast, Rogers says she never had scheduling problems while tutoring Deborah. "I [laid] down the law in the beginning," Rogers says. "When she didn't show up once, I told her that I walked 20 minutes to get there so could she call me and leave a message on the answering machine next time...