Word: markedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hunt and his wife Molly, 32, who is also his co-researcher, studied 1,200 pairs of the gulls for five years on Santa Barbara Island, an uninhabited rock about 40 miles from Los Angeles. Seven of eight female pairs that were trapped and marked by the researchers in 1975...
If that gift isn't ridiculous enough for you, for $30,000 you and four of your friends can venture out on a "Lincoln safari" to, of all places, Springfield, Illinois, accompanied by Lincoln scholar and actor Richard Blake and an Honor Guard of the Illinois Fifth Cavalry and Regiment...
Take a terrific zone defense, with plenty of steals and a few blocked shots, and add a stellar performance by the team's top player. Throw in, for good measure, an opponent with no passing game, a height disadvantage, and a marked tendency to throw the ball away, and what...
Bob Allen's basket with 5:53 on the clock pulled Harvard to within 31-24, but it had a more significant meaning--Allen's shot marked the first Harvard score in six minutes.
But there is a marked deterioration in the song until the last verse, when Martin tells his audience: