Word: perched
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Monday morning, Faust had no regrets: she was the committee’s choice for higher education’s highest perch...
...Throughout his time at Harvard, Knowles remained a political operator. Peter J. Gomes, the Plummer professor of Christian morals, described Knowles—an amateur dancer—as having “a certain kind of nimbleness, both physical and intellectual.” From his perch in Memorial Church, Gomes, a 40-year veteran of the University, has watched the rise and fall of generations of Harvard leaders...
Whatever the reasons, 2007 has certainly shown the Harvard heavyweights are back to their full glory and has proven once again that whatever momentary glitches might occur, the Crimson is never far away from its favorite perch at the top of the competition for long...
...Cabot House’s Green Cup early Tuesday morning. The trophy, which is awarded by the Resource Efficiency Program (REP) every Earth Day to the House that has most improved energy conservation, recycling habits, and “eco-projects,” was stolen from its perch in the Cabot dining hall by two disguised males at 1:30 a.m., according to eyewitness Adriana L. Benedict ’09. “The guy carrying the Green Cup was tall, thin, blonde and he appeared to be wearing shiny purple leggings,” Benedict said...
...case in many fairy tales, the characters tended not to act rationally, and some plot details were overlooked: Prince Roderick climbed in and out of Rapunzel’s tower without bothering to use her rope of hair, and when the maiden escaped her stairless perch, she simply walked down the stairs without any explanation...