Word: missed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think that, in general, professors and section leaders kind of carry a grudge," hockey player Ed Krayer '89-'90 says. "They don't go out of their way to shaft an athlete but there is some animosity. They're not pleased when you miss their exam or their section or review...
...came here from Indiana [University], where I was an assistant coach," Getman says. "You simply didn't miss practices at Indiana. If you had to change a class or drop a class because it was going to be conflicting with practices, you did that...
Sometimes, players miss more than practice. Squash player Jon Bernheimer '90 had to miss a match against Trinity earlier this year because he had tutorial. In Bernheimer's tutorial, only two absenses are permitted. He had already missed one class. "That's the tutorial system, you can't use athletics to abuse the tutorial system," Bernheimer says...
...interested in trying Habitat's formula has grown most strikingly in recent years. There were just eleven Habitat affiliates in the U.S. in 1980; there were 171 by 1986. This year there are 324 affiliates, ranging in size from the one in New York City to one in Coahoma, Miss. (pop. 351), which plans to replace the town's entire housing stock. There are 38 college chapters and 68 Habitat affiliates overseas. All told, 4,000 homes have been built since 1976. Boasts Fuller: "It's clear to me that we are seeing the birth of a movement...
...wanting to miss a historic bash, Jan Morris has already booked a room in Hong Kong for July 1, 1997. That is the day when Britain's 99-year lease on the crown colony runs out and the People's Republic of China moves in. Except for replacing the Union Jack with its red banner, Beijing does not now plan any major redecorating. The island and its adjacent territories are to be designated a Special Administrative Region with authority to continue practicing their unfettered style of economic individualism...