Word: o
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pool of goo. I finally landed a job over 650 miles away from Boston, back in my home town, completely sans alumni. According to my club directory, there were perhaps five of my club alums who originated here, none of whom are likely to have remained. Some network. Dialing "O" for operator assistance would probably be more helpful...
...April 25, Reagan's three Supreme Court appointees--Justices Kennedy, O'Connor, and Scalia--joined Justices Rehnquist and White and voted to reconsider the right of minorities to sue private parties for racial discrimination under a post-Civil War statute, section 1981 of Title 42 of the United States Code. If the Court overturns section 1981, as it is expected to do, it will be the first time in 100 years that the Court has overturned a precedent expanding minority rights...
Good idea, thinks playwright Caryl Churchill, and presto change-o, in act two, the characters, having aged only 25 years, find themselves as 1980s yuppies. How novel. The difference is that since sexual repression--compared to today's morality---is a thing of the past, the first act's primary source of humor is gone. (The characters are still sexually confused, like effeminate homosexual Edward, who discovers he likes women and comes up with the laughable line, "I think I'm a lesbian.") Without the humor, Act Two becomes deadly serious and agonizingly ponderous...
...O is for Ozer, O'Connell, and Ogilvie: This may sound like a law firm, but these are the Crimson's two-meter players. Emily Ozer, Leean O'Connell, and Lynley Ogilvie have quarterbacked the offense to several wins this season...
...O's: Harvard Coach Chris Hafferty knows all of his X's and O's, and is able to teach them to his players. And they are listening...