Word: lone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lone voice was heard in dissent, that of Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield...
Sure. And writers too, of course, drawing what Hemingway used to call juice from all those ill-fitting depictions. One of the better new novelists, Indian or otherwise, is Sherman Alexie (Reservation Blues, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven). His latest, Indian Killer (Atlantic Monthly Press; 420 pages; $22), is a murderous urban legend not calculated to calm anyone's racial unease. Rage builds slowly in the heart of John Smith, a decent but troubled Native American who was taken--stolen, actually--from his 14-year-old Indian mother and adopted by well-meaning whites. Unreconciled...
...Wildcats scored their lone goal of the day when Diamond flicked in a close-in shot on assist from Coyne. It was one of the few shots UNH had on the day, as Harvard goalie Anya Cowan only had five saves...
...race, which pits Pressler against the state's lone Congressman, the popular Tim Johnson, has drawn attention far beyond this sparsely populated state. The Democrats have long seen it as their best chance of unseating a Republican Senator and a virtual must win if they are to retake the Senate. But the race is turning out to be among the year's nastiest. And because of a combination of huge war chests and cheap media markets, the bitterness is being played out in ads that may reach record levels of saturation for a statewide race...
Game of the Week: Dallas at Philadelphia. This one should be worth missing Melrose for. The world champions are 1-3 and falling fast while the Eagles (3-1) have already asserted themselves as the lone power in the weak NFC East...