Word: markedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After the Norman conquest, Winchester maintained its historical distinction. William the Conqueror sat in state at the Winchester Castle every Easter. As the first center of the wool trade, the city gained in commercial importance. Early 12th century marked the apex of its prosperity, but as London eclipsed Winchester as...
The meet was marked by slow times, off-days for Harvard swimmers, and an expected lack of enthusiasm on the part of the snow-bound Crimson, but it did not lack excitement. "When you have to depend on a 1-2 in three straight races, things are bound to get...
Steam from the huge mounds of spaghetti and meat sauce gently drifted toward the ceiling and softened the harsh fluorescent light in the crowded Lions Club in old Key West. The crowd chatter, much of it warmly spiced with Spanish-American syllabication, died. The speaker was a stumpy, smoothfaced man...
In town, all shops were closed, and from almost every window in the Bogside and Creggan ghettos black flags were displayed. In Stewartstown, some 50 miles away, a Catholic pub that stayed open was bombed and one man was killed - thereby raising to 234 the number of dead in Ulster...
The hoopsters played their best game of the season, in a contest marked by the 'Cliffe's fine defense. Coach Peria Hewes said, "We were playing a lot better than we ever have. The question was conditioning. Wellesley was a lot faster."