Word: marly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...than a litany of good tidings and an amalgam of turkey-time truisms. There is a stubborn rectitude to the holiday itself, reminiscent of its stiff-necked Pilgrim forbearers. More than any other date on the calendar, Thanksgiving has remained private and personal, devoid of the tinsel trappings that mar the rest of contemporary life. On this ecumenical holiday, Americans are allowed to be as prayerful or as secular as they choose, with no one complaining that they have somehow taken the thanks out of Thanksgiving...
...Cornell 4-2 W Feb. 11 at Colgate 6-5 L Feb. 13 Boston Univ. 9-6 W Feb. 17 at Vermont 5-3 W Feb. 18 at RPI 4-3 W Feb. 24 ST. LAWRENCE 4-2 W Feb. 25 CLARKSON 7-5 W Mar. 3 RPI 7-3 W Mar. 4 RPI 5-4 W Mar. 10 Vermont 3-2 L Mar. 11 Cornell 6-3 W Mar. 24 Lake Superior St. 4-2 W Mar. 25 Lake Superior St. 5-2 W Mar. 31 Michigan St. 6-2 W Apr. 1 Minnesota...
...wasn't until she arrived at Yale that she felt she belonged and that her creativity and diligence were fully appreciated. But something happened during her junior year in Denmark to mar that feeling of assimilation. She got on a bus in Copenhagen one day and became acutely aware that people moved away from her. It was the first time in her life that she felt discriminated against...
...designs or his workshop. He employs ten assistant craftsmen and uses some power tools to do the rough work. The oil finish of his furniture merely needs to be cleaned with a wet cloth. "We recommend hard use," says Nakashima. "A wood surface that is without a scratch or mar is kind of distressing. It shows no life and has no time value." His business approach is equally straightforward. "I wanted," he says, "to make furniture out of real wood without it costing that much more than you would pay in a good store." He sells only directly to customers...
Harvard took a 13-0 record to West Chester, Pa., and the NCAA Final Four. The Crimson topped Princeton in the semifinals, but Penn State held steady for a 7-6 triumph in the championship. Still, the loss did not mar the Crimson's season. That day in West Chester, the team acted like it was a champion--as if nothing had changed since April, when it trounced Dartmouth to clinch the Ivy title...