Word: mason
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...high are we now?" asked an ice mason at the end of his shift one recent afternoon. "Right around 56 ft.," replied his boss. The laborer chuckled and shook his head at the preposterous wonder of the thing. But even great architecture seldom endures forever, and the ice palace will last barely a fortnight: demolition is scheduled for next Thursday...
...When I was in college, there were language classes that met at 8, but they had to stop at 8:45," said Mason Hammond '25, Pope Professor of the Latin Language and Literature Emeritus...
...tournament that featured volleyball powerhouses Ohio State, Penn State, and two-year defending East Coast champion George Mason University, the Crimson spikers--in only their second, third, and fourth matches of the young season--fell to East Stroudsburg and Rutgers University before disposing of Springfield College...
...head barren as the floor of the Mojave. Whole time in the chair the boy didn't say a word. Even admired himself in the double mirror afterwards, stuck out his chin like a cowboy star. When I finished he took a piece of Bazooka Joe from the mason jar, popped it in his mouth, and stabbed me with his fishing knife. Had a right, of course. Been my father, I'd gone for the jugular...
...march. McElwee was born and raised in Charlotte, N.C., so the trip was to be a kind of homecoming. He had been obsessed with Sherman's legacy since coming North to school and was all set to film a serious documentary about the man whose infamy lives below the Mason-Dixon line. Taking a quick detour in New York to bivouac with his girlfriend, McElwee...