Word: pores
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lessened, but with the passage of years and with the escalation of our corporate predations, it has steadily increased. Each privileged young man of Harvard College who proceeds each afternoon across the ivy-covered lanes of the Yard, or sits down in the pleasant, sheltered stacks to pore into a work of Chaucer or to explicate Rimbaud or Beaudelaire, is living his life and building his career upon the ruined hopes and broken dreams of other people every bit his human equal, yet who--for reason of no greater sin than non-possession of the proper ticket of admission--will...
...sort of surface-the hammered gold of a chalice, the sleek moist interior of an oyster or the pock-marked ivory of a hornbill's beak. Raffael undertook an inspection of their varied skins on the level, if not of the cell, at least on that of the pore. Each point where light hit the tiniest break of texture or color was set down in a curious, tightly circling calligraphy that resembled beads, or agglomerations of frog spawn. Despite their iconic serenity when seen from a distance, Raffael's paintings disclose a bejeweled profusion of incident close...
...Girl in My Life. A combination of the worst qualities of This Is Your Life and Queen for a Day, in which host Fred Holliday, oozing sincerity from every pore in his microphone styrofoam, introduces women who tell schlocky stories and are rewarded with a visit from somebody they haven't seen in almost a week. Great. Way to kick...
...racing has captured the hearts of Boston gamblers. Every night at Wonderland, the dogs bring working class people, rich people, young people and old people to the track. They pore over the racing program, comparing times, how the dog "likes his position" (i.e. what lane the dog starts in), and carefully watching the huge scoreboard to keep up with the wildly fluctuating odds...
...President's efforts have been misdirected. The American people will not settle for a man like Jeb Stuart Magruder, who radiates beleaguered honesty from every pore. The American people want a Harvard dean. The self-styled progressives who take their vacations in Hanoi have never understood this, and they never will. But the American people will not be duped. These are the facts...