Word: laura
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Because of Hurricane Laura, Finch's plane was diverted from Tegucigalpa, the capital, to San Pedro Sula. No matter. Honduran President RamÓn Ernesto Cruz, accompanied by his entire Cabinet and several cases of vintage champagne, hurried to Honduras' second city to meet Finch there. During a two-hour layover, the reason for all the hospitality became clear. Finch and Cruz signed an agreement under which Washington will cede to Honduras two Caribbean islands that have been U.S. possessions for more than a century...
...last of whom is identified laconically as "Secretary". What an apt symbol for the subjection of women in our society! Whatever the linguistic value of 'marked' and 'unmarked' members of linguistic pairs, is it not curious that common usage often marks 'Secretary' as female and last in line? Laura Mavis Gordon Teaching Fellow in Slavic Languages and Literatures Assistant Tutor in Eliot House Patrick J. Ryan, S.J. Teaching Fellow in General Education Tutor in Eliot House
...LAURA BROWN Cleveland...
Jane S. Kumin of 4 Washington Avenue, Cambridge; Laura E. Levine of Winthrop House and Stanford, Connecticut; Lucinda A. Lyons of Quincy House and Sheffield, Alabama; Marylyn E. Newman of Dunster House and Rensselaer. New York; Jane B. Phipps of Peabody Terrace, Cambridge; Linda C. Roth of Jordon J Hall and Kensington, Maryland...
Although Jerome at first quickly discounts the idea, he finds himself drawn to the 15 year-old Laura, claiming his pleasure is only the voyeuristic one the audience is gaining. After a brief flirtation, in which little more is established than the romantic idealism of the young, Jerome drops his dalliance with Laura, but begins to find her sister Claire desirable. Telling Aurora that he is a lead character in a play of his own devising, he becomes attracted to Claire's knee; when he finally caresses it, all his desires are consummated. He leaves Annocy feeling that he will...