Word: meres
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard defense was tough to beat all day. The Crimson made it especially difficult for Mountaineer freshman Lauren Kokotajlo, who shot a mere 1-of-11 from the field, including 0-of-4 from the three-point line, despite being the team's top three-point shooter going into the game...
...mere words socialism and communism," wrote George Orwell 62 years ago, "draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex maniac, Quaker, 'Nature Cure' quack, pacifist and feminist in England." Today it is the bogeymen of globalization and world trade that bring out their own kooky crowd. There they were in Seattle last week: Zapatistas, anti-Nike-ites, butterfly defenders. They joined steelworkers and the Sierra Club, Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan in a giant anti-trade jamboree...
...John Coffey's powers extend beyond mere healing - he also possesses the ability to sense evil in others. He sees the violent thoughts within the deranged Wild Bill, and is repulsed by the realization that there is more to his murderous past than he is letting on. In Percy (perhaps the most despicably obnoxious character ever to grace the silver screen), he recognizes the arrogance and sheer malice that is most intensely manifested in his cruelty towards the inmate Eduard Delacroix. First, he breaks his fingers with his billy club; then, he crushes Mr. Jingles beneath his boot, necessitating John...
...Beach Boys, seemingly mere proto-Fonzes, have in fact done as much for America's sound as Elvis, as long as you listen around. The cool kids in middle school have their Backstreet Boys, the keen kids at Harvard have their Belle and Sebastian. And everyone has the Beach Boys...
Despite Harvard's height, and URI's lack thereof--the tallest Ram player is a mere 6'1 while the Crimson sports eight players 6'1 or taller--the Rams battled to a 12-12 rebounding deadlock at the break...