Word: performancy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...appalling thing is that we are forced to support these arrogant bureaucratic parasites. Sometimes I wish ours were a totalitarian society, where those who did not perform would be banished to the salt mines...
...associate fond of drugs and arcane legal philosophy, writes a brief for a crucial case that cites Cicero instead of legal precedents. He is fired by Lynch, a partner driven mad by the weight of his famous legal ancestors. The next morning, it is Lynch's turn to perform. In court to argue the case, he opens his mouth, but no words come out, leaving Weston to wonder if the poor wretch is going to make a silent oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals...
...Fitzgibbons, Alexander and Dales can step in and fill Harvard's top three spots, the linksters' hopes of nipping Dartmouth will depend on how well veterans Ron Himmelman, George Arnold, Tom Edwards and Carroll Lowenstein perform at the lower positions. In addition, Dales hopes smooth-swinging sophomore Chip Raffi, a bench-warmer last fall, will be able to get his game into competitive shape...
...expect an action packed season," Linsley said last week. "If anything, we proved that we were pretty good during the winter. We'll have to perform to stand by it. But when the adrenalin starts flowing...
...most important decisions on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 ruling legalizing abortion. After the acquital, Dr. Kenneth Ryan, professor of obstetrics at the Harvard Medical School, said the case was significant because it would "take some of the weight off of physicians who perform abortions...