Word: parred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...powerless. A $36 million endowment is not much compared to one worth $1 billion. And the balance of power in the U.S. (or in the world) is not about to shift so drastically that women will very soon be earning income and contributing to colleges and universities on a par with men. Still, the writing on the wall remains. If present and future Radcliffe students identify themselves with Radcliffe, it means a loss for Harvard and a gain for Radcliffe. In that sense, it is to Harvard's advantage to play down Radcliffe...
Nevertheless, the Crimson linksters played commendable golf through most of the 36-hole best ball event when the cold weather, soggy fairways and overgrown greens are taken into account. On Saturday they carded a 77, which is seven over par on the April Sound layout. On Sunday they went around...
Fitzgibbons began to lubricate his swing by the second nine, which he started off with four straight pars. Then, on the par-five, 515-yd. 17th, he made a scrambling bogey after driving into the trees. He stung a three-iron under some overhanging branches, smashed a three-wood onto the apron, and two-putted from 60 feet. Dales finished with a tidy par on 18 to give the team a one-over 36 for the back nine after a 41 for the front side...
...very existence of the People's Temple--California cult religion par excellence--and the knowledge that there are plenty of similar groups out there somewhere, does not speak too well for modern culture. If society's rejects can be coddled and hosannaed into giving up their possessions, leaving the country and then killing themselves, then there are a lot of sheep out there and a lot of wolves to lead them. Moonies stalk the streets, even hold semi-respectable conventions; they and countless other groups offer an identity to people alienated by a society that doesn't give a good...
...exploit popular dissatisfaction with their own economic policies, kept losses to a minimum and remained in solid control of both houses of Congress. They stayed in command of 32 statehouses and both houses of at least 29 state legislatures. But the Republicans scored significant gains, showing that the endangered par ty can still make a comeback. When G.O.P. National Chairman Bill Brock was jokingly asked if the U.S. political system could be described as "a party and a quarters." half," he Brock replied, added: "It's "We one will and go three-into 1980 stronger than we were...