Word: nest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...being a body to "consult" on major ethical issues like the University's stand on Vietnam or South Africa investments, as it once had been, the Faculty now existed as a body to talk over and eventually ratify proposals that had been previously issued . In short, the Faculty--the nest of brilliant ideals and lofty debate--had become a rubber stamp...
...their ships, so guided, would travel. Similarly, the newly-discovered road map to life itself will undoubtedly lead us to new worlds of which we now have no knowledge. To extend the metaphor. I am arguing that we need to take special care to have in the "crow's nest" someone watching not only for reefs and rocks but also for new land...
Mason has an unwavering bead on the relationship between instincts and in dividual longings. Her women have ambitions but never get too far from the nest; her men have domestic moments but spend a lot of time on wheels. Ruby's lover, Buddy Landon, an itinerant hound-dog and pocketknife trader, gets to town every third Monday. His pickup truck in Ruby's driveway is "as startling as the sight of the 'Action News' TV van." And she hopes the neighbors will take it as a sign of her modern outlook. Sabrina, 20, has a small...
...Crimson will face much tougher competition nest weekend when it travels to West Point to take on Army
Barbara Melamed of Boston publicized the issue for Greenpeace by rolling in the cozing red gelatin spill hefore clicking cameras, nest to harrels labeled hazardous waste. Nearby, two colleagues in white decontamination suits with gas masks held a sign, asking who should pay for waste clean...