Word: path
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps it is an occupational hazard: political scientists, even more than academics in other fields, seem to want to see their theories acted out in the real world. Machiavelli, offering unsolicited advice to Renaissance princes, may have been one of the first, but the path is wellworn--as the flow between Harvard's Government Department and Washington attests...
...tramped up a path of Biblical phrases to another fortress of Jerusalem stone-The Upper Room. There I caught a few snatches of a preacher speaking to a dozen people--sinners, I think he said...
...Cabot house resident first donned cleats for a second grade youth team coached by her mother, went on to play in the Long Island Jr. Soccer League, and later, shined for her state and high school teams. From there, her path was crossed with...
...scene in the palace is dismal. Within the courtyard, acres of wisteria blooms seem lacklustre and inanimate. Even the thick gold pavement on the garden path seems to have lost its sheen. The heads of traitorous peasants bob wearily on poorly-maintained pikes. Entering the main hall, I find the prince sprawled, seemingly in despair, on top of a large pile of wrinkled and soiled currency...
When Spiridon Louis had coins, jewels, and rings thrown in his path when he entered Olympic Stadium in Athens as the winner of the 1896 Olympic Marathon...