Word: saws
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson showing was not all Oscar-winning material. The beginning of the game, in fact, saw MIT score the first two goals with amazing alacrity. The first few minutes were dominated by an MIT team which no doubt wished to avenge the 21-9 drubbing Harvard gave them earlier in the season...
Quite suddenly she threaded the cross onto achain and pulled it over her head. She felt calmeras she drifted towards sleep. As her grey eyesclosed she shot ahead in time and thought: shefirst saw her grandmother's drawn face in acoffin, not looking peaceful but rather devoid ofconcern. Then the thump of the earth against thecoffin as the grave was filled; finally the crossas it hung about her neck thumping against herchest with every step. The joy of a treasuredmemory filled her; she slept...
...real impotence notwithstanding, the council undoubtedly possesses the stature to transform the campus political scene, as we saw last year with both the ROTC controversy and the calls for increased hiring of women and minority faculty...
Fallen dictators age badly, even in Hawaii. Toward the end, Ferdinand Marcos, once overlord of the Philippines, had become a joke. He mumbled that he was living on charity, but visitors to his rented $2.5 million residence $ outside Honolulu saw the dozen servants, the 30 bodyguards and the chauffeured limousine. His wife Imelda was a regular at posh local shops and every now and then gave in to the temptation to show off her finery -- except for new shoes...
...screens suspended at both ends of the Kremlin hall. "Let's try out the new machine," he suggested, referring to the electronic voting system installed during the summer recess. He gave the signal, and the sound of clicking filled the hall. Hundreds of faces turned to the screens and saw . . . nothing...