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...this is oddly troubling, for it stirs memories of nippier times, the sweet side and the irritating side, that kind of compulsive counterculture togetherness so full of pressure to conform in nonconformity, everybody maddeningly casual about who owns what. Ungenerously the traveler decides to keep special track of wallet and money while aboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Hippie Bus from Coast to Coast | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...Lecturer William Zinsser hit the nail squarely: "The whole notion of New Year's Day as the time of fresh starts and bold resolutions is false." In truth that time is autumn. Popular pleasure shows itself in those hastening steps and brightened smiles encountered as the air grows nippier. Some psychiatrists have patients who grow almost alarmed at how congenial they suddenly feel. Autumn is a friendlier time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: A Season for Hymning and Hawing | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

...good, open, scrappy game," Hanna said. "The Harvard pack was lighter and nippier than us, but our pack won most of the scrums. Harvard did better in the rucks because their forwards were fitter, faster, and quicker on the ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B-School Trims Rugbymen; Fullback Kicking Dominates | 10/26/1972 | See Source »

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