Word: lot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which people are encouraged to talk about what it's like to grow up Catholic or Protestant," Swain says. He adds, "You don't talk about your religious experiences. In class, you deal with issues on broad, general terms. There's been an improvement but there's still a lot of ignorance... It's not complete progress; it's a step. But it's way ahead of what's happened in most parishes...
...Unlike a lot of Irish-Americans, though, O'Neill is fond of lending support in a big way--by raising money from all the paunchy middle-class accountants and cab drivers who are convinced that a donation to "The Cause" will buy them an ounce or two of secondhand glory. It's not quite like selling indulgences, as the priests were fond of doing in the good old days, but it's close enough. And that makes it tougher for O'Neill to back out of the deal when he realizes where all that money is going...
...There are a lot of closet pre-laws there; you can tell by the way they answer the questions," one student said...
...McLaughlin said yesterday, "Saturday night's game gave our program credibility. The fans were sitting back for awhile but now there's a lot of people around this university holding their heads high...
...biggest hero of the game was the Harvard basketball program itself. McLaughlin and his charges put a lot of work into this one. "The team watched the film of the Princeton game before the game Saturday night and they just came out and did a tremendous job," McLaughlin said...