Word: oxford
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...year-old lover of cats, fine cuisine, Puccini and old movie posters left his family, close friends, coworkers and comfortable neighborhood shocked and off-balance. Even as they continue with their day-to-day routine—walking the dog, playing with the children, grabbing sandwiches at Oxford Spa—Jenkins’ neighbors have spent the past nine days unsure, struggling to regain their footing after last week’s terrorist attacks touched them, quite literally, in their own backyard...
Radiohead BRITAIN Hailing from Oxford, this art-rock quintet spins futuristic songs about the disillusioned and the disoriented, about aliens and creeps--but often with a glimmer of hope. Key albums: OK Computer...
...central focus of the exhibit as one enters is two oblong glass cases in the middle of the room. The case on the left houses five immaculately folded Oxford shirts, their collars bedecked with brightly hued neckties, just as one might see in any ubiquitous department store. The case on the right displays five pairs of women’s dress shoes, again, arranged as if for sale. These accoutrements may seem mundane at first glance, but upon closer inspection, one finds that lewd text from erotic personal ads has been superimposed over the designer labels...
Alfred L. Brophy is a professor of law at the University of Alabama. His book Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921—Race, Reparations, Reconciliation will be published by Oxford University Press in November...
...critical success, the pressures of balancing family and fame led her to work infrequently. DIED. EDWARD HALL, 77, archaeologist who developed instruments and carbon-dating technology that were used to determine the age of the Shroud of Turin and to prove that the Piltdown man was a hoax; in Oxford, England. DIED. BETTY EVERETT, 61, soul singer whose 1964 recording of The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) became a Billboard Top 10 hit; in Beloit, Wisconsin. She was considered a major talent but had only a few other minor hits. RETIREMENT ANNOUNCED. Of JESSE HELMS, 79, cantankerous...