Word: poled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Snow's famous 1959 essay, "The Two Cultures," the British novelist and social critic described the huge gap in mutual understanding and shared knowledge between two groups. "Literary intellectuals at one pole--at the other scientists... The degree of incomprehension on both sides is the kind of joke which has gone sour...
While the Crimson men's and women's indoor season came to a close, Carswell and Lonergan headed off to the NCAAs to try and become Harvard's first men's NCAA indoor champion in 18 years. Harvard's own Geoffrey Stiles was the 1979 NCAA pole vault champion and Meredith Rainey won the woman's indoor 800-meter event...
...delays, 11 caution flags, and a generous helping of crashes after its scheduled Sunday start, the 81st Indianapolis 500 is finally over. And despite all the chaos, this year's winner was easy to spot. Arie Luyendyk led every practice session in which he ran this month, won the pole position, and was less than a second out of the lead on Monday when the race was stopped due to rain. Tuesday, the Flying Dutchman led for 62 of the race's 200 laps and took the lead for the final time when he drove past teammate Scott Goodyear...
INDIANAPOLIS: There was no joy at Indy on Monday as a second straight day of rain forced another postponement of the 81st running of the Indianapolis 500. In the early lead was Tony Stewart, last year's rookie of the year, trailed closely by pole-starter Arie Luyendyk. Skies were clear Monday morning, but after just 15 laps a fresh dose of rain brought out the red flag and sent the cars back to the pits in the order they were running. With rain still falling a few hours later, chief steward Keith Ward made the official announcement...
Maybe it's the old-style red, white and blue pole adorning the entrance to the La Flamme Barber Shop...