Word: path
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...since early October, senior Marlene Rehkamp has crawled out of bed at the ungodly hour of 6:30 a.m. and trudged a lonely path--the lonely path of a figure-skater--to Bright Center...
Lowell liked the idea instantly. Earlier, he had written of American graduate schools, "We have developed into a mass production of mediocrity." In another writing, he stated, "I do not wish to depreciate the Ph.D. but to provide an alternative path more suited to the encouragement of the rare and independent genius...
...Forever, takes up this story. Faced with an enormous debt, a treasury that's been relocated to Miami Beach, unemployment near 50 per cent, and continued military threats from as far away as Washington, D.C., the Sandinistas must rebuild Nicaragua. They do not follow the approved revolutionary path, killing all the National Guardsmen and forcibly converting the economy so they may plunder it. Instead, the executions are limited, as are the jailings of political opponents; dissent within limits is allowed; some attempt is made to include non-Sandinista elements in the ruling government...
Pilot Jim Biggs nudges the stick forward and drops another 50 ft. to goose his prey. The fierce blast of noise and dust sends the horses galloping down a yard-wide path that leads smack into a steel-fenced pen. Just as they reach the gully, Robison digs two silver spurs into his sorrel and charges in behind them. Now the old mare at the head of the pack realizes her mistake. She frantically tries to turn but is swept along by the others...
LeBlond is unsure of her future plans. Perhaps a job at a museum or coaching, but no matter what path she chooses, she plans to stay active and hopes to find a club or team for which she can continue to play field hockey...