Word: mans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...farce obeys the laws of the standard caper film, but for every step forward there is a thunderous pratfall back. If the Mafia man gets his sweater caught on a fender, it is sure to unravel, revealing his shoulder holster. If the Brain keeps fish in an enormous tank, it is certain to shatter, drenching the occupants of the apartment below. If the robbery is meticulously planned, it is sure to collapse into a three-ringleader circus, with no one the winner-except the audience...
...Harvard faculty wife took my temperature with the slowest thermometer in the world. Every five minutes she checked to see if my temperature had climbed up to 98,6. With an embarrassed smile. she kept putting the thermometer back in my mouth until I finally reached 97,8. The man sitting next to me had been told to "warm up" for 15 minutes when he could not push his first temperature reading above...
...stage dozens of donors were waiting to be screened by four or five nurses. There was no line. Instead, people just sat spaced out in two long rows until they felt they had really waited their turn. I did some light reading and struck up a conversation with the man who had been warming up. He told me how he missed his blood appointment that morning and had skipped lunch "to get this over with." He said he was an old pro at giving blood, and had once given two pints within three weeks. After he described in detail...
Pusey and Ford agreed in September that the Committee on Research Policy-not the Faculty would represent Faculty opinion on the Cambridge Project to the Corporation. That Committee appointed the eight-man Brooks subcommittee to investigate the Project and report back its findings...
With Harvard a man down. Tom Daniells flipped the puck to Poile behind the Crimson net. and Poile skated around to push it past goaltender Bruce Durno. It was unsetting to say the least. and disorganization on Harvard's part did little to change things...