Word: misses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
With a wry smile, Preston Davenport 78, looks over the dwindling crowd. In 35 Octobers here, his Ayrshires and Holsteins have won a slew of blue ribbons, anc he has come to know a thing or two abou fairgoers. "Everyone has been saying how much they are going to miss it," he says quietly. "But, you'll see. In a month or so they'll be onto something else." That is the comfort of progress-and its regrettable price. -By Joelle Attinger
...Georgia's most prominent 20th century political dynasty (Husband Gene was elected Governor four times, and Son Herman served as Governor for seven years and four terms as U.S. Senator); in McRae, Ga. Six days after the Talmadges arrived at the Governor's mansion in 1933, "Miss Mit," refusing to shuck her rural demeanor, returned to the family's McRae plantation because she was homesick for the cows and chickens. She raised eyebrows again in 1936 when she spurned Eleanor Roosevelt's invitation to the White House because, she said, "I have to get my farm...
...gone stir crazy." Indeed, Sorensen's and a host of other programs attract an amazing 6 million participants a month. Says a student at Jon Devlin's Dancercise in New York: "My main reason for coming is my head. If I miss three days, I have to come in for my fix." Says Devlin: "There is something about dancing and music that's magic-it lifts people up." Whether the reason is the music, or the camaraderie, or the behavior-mod technique of encouraging women to smile and shout during the workouts, Dancercise has reversed the trend...
Members of the club said they would not miss the dining room. "We only used it occasionally anyway," Justin B. Hecht '83, treasurer of the Pudding, said recently...
...people others try to sound like. It's too bad people can't express themselves, and do exactly what they want to do," he says. "If I sing somebody else's song I make it sound different. I make it sound like Keyo. If you listen to the song 'Miss You,' it doesn't sound like the Rolling Stones...