Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard finished the meet in fourth place, edging Dartmouth by 10 points and Boston University by 17. Life College took first place in the meet, which was held on the Crimson's home turf at Franklin Park...
...helped spread alarm throughout the Mother Lode country, one of the fastest growing parts of California. And the worries extend all the way to Montana, where a delegation from the U.N. agency UNESCO last week toured the site of a proposed mine just 2 1/2 miles from Yellowstone National Park. Environmental groups oppose the project as hazardous to the park's ecosystem, and President Clinton has imposed a moratorium on new mining in the area, which could impede the project's start-up. Among the danger signs: contamination of two nearby creeks with poisons, including arsenic, from previous gold mines...
...verbatim; in most cases, the hyperbole would invite derision. A few days ago, however, a press release went around from Alfred A. Knopf, Michael Crichton's publisher, announcing the imminent release of 2 million copies of his new novel, The Lost World, the sequel to his 1990 blockbuster Jurassic Park. The remarkable thing is that if not for its length, this particular press release was eminently publishable, without risk of embarrassment. The reason is, it was almost arrogantly devoid of adjectives. It merely listed what Crichton has accomplished in his 52 years. They say it ain't bragging...
Still, the atmosphere at historic Fenway Park lacked what one would expect on a night in which the home team could clinch a division title. The crowd was late-arriving and the fans didn't get very excited until the bottom of the seventh, despite the fact that Erik Hanson was pitching a no-hitter through five innings...
...park at 6:52 for a 7:00 start. There were no tailgate parties, but rather just a bunch of people looking for tickets. Naturally, we thought that bleacher seats or standing room would be all that was left. Instead, we got third-row tickets down the left field line in the grandstand...