Word: parred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...technique, just as their raw energy and wide scope sometimes dwarfed Wells himself in his own day. At times, however, this is slightly annoying--if not downright disconcerting. Wells, after all, led a colorful life, as a pulp-writer, a man of letters, a radical politician, and a libertine par excellence...
Whitman, who played number three last year, is on a par with the top college players in the country. Playing right behind him will be junior Peter Blasier, number six racquetman last year. "Peter's a very steady player, but he needs to develop some classy shots," Barnaby said...
...have done better to stay home and watch Michigan beat their brains out to tie Ohio State--only to be voted out of the Rose Bowl--or even to spend the afternoon raiding the Thanksgiving-day remains. Piling disappointment on disappointment, even the Harvard band was not up to par, although their topic--shortages--was timely in light of the Crimson's meager showing. After a misleadingly promising initial drive the Harvard offense settled into a complacement, mediocre game plan that earned the Crimson the dubious distinction of being shutout for the first time since 1969 (7-0 against...
FOLLOWING HIS SEXUAL initiation, Steves passes his early teenage years in a street gang, his later teens in the Navy and his early twenties in a flirtation with the American dream. Going heavily into debt to buy several slum properties, he becomes a slum lord par excellance, carries a brief case, subscribes to The Wall Street Journal, and even runs a whore house on the side. But when the violence and degradation becomes overwhelming, he locks the door to the whore house, leaves everything behind, and heads for the ultimate destination of America's nomadic society: California...
Dartmouth was a real pressure game for Harvard. And the prevailing question circulating in Cambridge was could the Crimson come off an emotionally and physically draining victory over Cornell to defeat a sub-par version of a Dartmouth team they had not beaten in five years. Jimmy the Greek thought they could. Boston bookies thought they could. So much for the oddsmakers. Dartmouth humbled Harvard...