Word: lot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...does fiction fit into all this? Writing fiction, McMahon claims, is a lot like doing science...
...only half-truth in the novel; Louis Agassiz, a Harvard professor in the 1850s and the national biologist in a golden age of zoology, plays a small but acidulous part in the book. "I have been accused of character assassination," McMahon says, "but in fact his character is a lot worse than I said. He was famous for exploitation of the young people in the museum, for signing his name to their work. The accusations came so credibly and so often, that even his biographer concluded there is a lot of truth to them...
...rejoining what he calls "an emotionally tight" team, all but two of whom have gone through the American college system. "You had to watch your step on the team; if you did something wrong, you'd never hear the end of it," Ost says. Naturally enough, he took a lot of abuse, or "stick" as the team called it, for running into the post. One of the more literate members of the team made up a song about...
Challenger David Clinton said, "Part of the problem is that city manager James Sullivan brought his whole team in with him when he came to Cambridge. What that meant is that we started off with a lot of key positions already filled," he added. Clinton lost his council seat in the last municipal election...
...Darlene has a lot of natural sprinting speed compared to other long-distance runners. She has a smooth and efficient style which is the equivalent in human terms to maximizing miles per gallon," Babington says...