Word: plainness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sitting in Coach Restic's plain, slightly-cluttered office in Dillon Field House on a cold, ugly November day. I've covered the football beat all season, attending all the home games and traveling as far as Williamsburg, Va. and Ithaca, NY to see the 3-5 Crimson. Now, I am going to get my due: for the first time all season, I'm going to conduct a long, in-depth personal interview with the greatest football coach in Harvard history and one of the greatest innovators in the history of the sport...
...separated in January 1990, they wrangled about alimony. Packwood claimed that he was virtually broke and proposed monthly payments of $500. Georgie demanded $4,000. Eventually the court settled on $2,500, based in part on a calculation of Georgie's earning ability. At the time, she was running Plain 'n Fancy, a $12,000-a-year antiques business based in her Washington home...
...commercial pedigree. What could be more emblematic of this shopping-obsessed century than a fin-de-siecle vogue for naming children after favored stores? After all, the latest list of the most popular names for girls already veers toward the comically pretentious, with Nicole, Brittany and Ashley far outpacing plain Jane and simple Susan...
...seemed like an army of officers approached my car with their hands on their guns, I became frightened. I had been through this before, but each time it happens, I cannot help but fear for my life and safety. Almost like a reflex reaction, I put my hands in plain view and instructed my friend to do the same. Soon, a flashlight was blinding us and an officer was at the window asking, "What are y'all boys doing here...
...students work with the center's professional staff and associates from the Boston law firm of Hale & Dorr to provide legal services to residents of the Roxbury, Dorchester and Jamaica Plain neighborhoods, according to Hale & Dorr Managing Partner John D. Hamilton...