Word: pearled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thing about the Eliot House subcultures is that they are not cliques. Many students only partially subscribe to the subcultures, many take on several different coatings of style in their three years, like a piece of sand becoming a pearl inside an oyster. Many of the History and Lit types are preppies (although they probably don't belong to clubs-unless it's the Signet); many of the preppies are jocks. The History and Lit types look down on the jocks in theory, but it's more jealousy than anything else...
Mormon belief depends largely on the writings of Prophet Joseph Smith, the church's 19th century founder. Though Smith's first book of revelations, the Book of Mormon, clearly states that "the Lord denieth none that come unto him, black and white," in The Pearl of Great Price, Smith's later translation of revelations supposedly made to Moses and Abraham, he took a dimmer view. Smith there concluded that Negroes are the descendants of both Cain, the Bible's first murderer, and Ham, the disrespectful son of Noah; the reason for their exclusion from the priesthood...
Despite his cool relationship with Congress, Richard Nixon offset his switchboard's tactlessness by going to the Hill for lunch on the final day. He gave the key leaders cuff links bearing the Presidential seal plus pearl-ringed brooches for their wives. He offered general thanks, said nothing of his disappointments; his warm mood conveyed the impression that he did not intend to veto any major bills. It was the kind of rapport-building gesture that politicians of both parties had wanted him to make months earlier, though it is questionable whether gestures would have helped improve the final...