Word: plateaus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Plateaus of water underground are not uncommon occurrences. They exist under most of the surrounding territory . . . but many Cambridge residents are firmly convinced that their water plateau is peculiar. The distinctive taste of water noticed by a few connoisseurs in the College, the sinking of the Lampoon building and the quality of Harvard Ale have been attributed to "Creeping...
...this halt is likely to be only temporary: "We are too passionate, and too blundering," says Author McKenney, to settle down on "safe and comfortable plateaus." Moreover, as she observes in one of the most cutting remarks ever made about U.S. highbrows in general, "even for intellectuals . . . there is a strong, continuing rhythm of life...