Word: odd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...state's fault for having the law. Written centuries ago at a time when Cambridge's churches really were community leaders, there was some logic, albeit unconstitutional logic, in giving them a say in which restaurants could serve liquor. But now that the twentieth century has arrived, it seems odd for the churches to have continued to invoke their power under...
Overall, students teaching and being taught enjoy the fact that they are so close--though some teaching fellows feel that the ease with which they can be telephoned, sometimes at odd hours, is a disadvantage...
...thousands of yuletide trinkets sold at this seven-room veritable Disneyland of the Christmas season open one month a year just 20 miles north of Cambridge. Maybe your true love would be more interested in the seven varieties of tinsel, 15 shapes and sizes of candles, or dozen-odd varieties of plastic berry and plant clusters--from assorted nuts to fir and cranberry sprays, ranging from...
...Nelson sure seems to have an innate musical understanding of the holiday season, with his recent Xmas release, Pretty Paper. Jimmy Carter's favorite country crooner has never really been that adventurous in the first place, and so the restrained reliance on cover material doesn't really seem that odd on his latest album. And how can you really go wrong with tunes like "White Christmas," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and "Frosty the Snowman?" Indeed, Nelson's quiet touch on the acoustic guitar, combined with a voice more plaintive and searching than ever, casts a haunting new perspective...
...Perry Como's Christmas Special." Dec. 18. Every year, audiences nation wide make Como's variety specials one of the week's highest-rated shows. You probably won't understand this odd phenomenon any better after viewing the show...