Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jokes are not going to pull another thousand out of the air this time, however, and Withington's sure instinct tells him not to upstage the oxbow chest. It is a prize, one of the four or five best pieces to be offered. Yesterday at the preview here, dealers prowled around it, old predators who carried their age with arrogance. Kenneth Hammitt, a veteran dealer from Woodbury, Conn., ran his eye approvingly over its shaped serpentine top and guessed that it would bring about $25,000. Then Jack Partridge, an old friend and adversary from North Edgecomb, Me., showed...
...tumultuous or indecent noises." And some Harvard faces have gone crimson at the prospect. Historian Oscar Handlin was quoted as saying, "I would have liked it to be more scholarly and less show biz." The hoopla and hustle will include the licensed sale of memorabilia like goldplated watches to pull a few more dollars into Harvard's $3.5 billion endowment (already the biggest of any private U.S. university...
Inevitably, each Saltonstall feels the pull of both these large and fabled institutions. And this 350th weekend is no exception. After Harvard's festivities subside, nearly 125 Saltonstalls from across the country will be asked to attend a family reunion next weekend to celebrate their 355th year in America...
...then we'll get out of the companies," History ofScience Professor Everett I. Mendelsohn told thecrowd. As many colleges and cities--includingBoston and Cambridge--have already divested,"leadership is no longer up to us; at most, we canhope not to be the very last to pull out of SouthAfrica," Mendelsohn said...
...opera on the stereo. Roger does not want to think too hard about this and many other things as well: "I am a depressive. It is very important for my mental well-being that I keep my thoughts directed away from areas of contemplation that might entangle me and pull me down...