Word: sections
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...offering candid assessments of people and policies that contributed to our mistakes. His chapters on the Indochinese nations, particularly Vietnam and Cambodia, are especially effective. He reminisces colorfully on Saigon under siege and the atrocities of Pol Pot's regime but does not limit himself to narrative. In the section entitled, "Why the Americans Failed," he writes...
...INTELLIGENT STUDENTS need this cliche-ridden crutch to college. The insecure may empathize with the tongue-tied beanstalks in the section on relationships--but what's a manual called College Knowledge without a discussion of carnal knowledge? As it is, all references to clandestine activity--booze, drugs or sex--are submitted from the parent/medic perspective: peril shadows those who indulge. Long lists proclaim the relative effectiveness of various contraceptives; even lengthier ones describe the side effects of drugs. Most students are already bombarded by such warnings, yet Edelhart omits what could be the most useful information to students themselves...
Knowles specializes in bio-organic chemistry and teaches a section of Chemistry 20b. "Organic Chemistry." "I enjoy taking the methods of chemistry and using them to tackle exciting biological problems," he said...
...gametime, the Garden is packed for the first time since patron saint John Havlicek's number was retired in ceremonies last year. This year's rite is just as impressive. "And now, the starting lineup for the Boston Celtics. "From Indiana State"--ROAR--and for the next three minutes, Section 80 and the entire Garden stand up and yell. Someone rushes to the baseline and releases a pigeon, a real nice gesture except that the bird quickly disappears in the bowels of the scoreboard...
...hoop. Fans go wild, Bird makes a few more spectacular passes, and then he sits down. He isn't the standout, not until the next night in Cleveland when he sinks 12 of 17 shots and scores 28 points. But nobody is disappointed Friday --at least not in Section 80. The guy with the bottle stayed awake most of the game, not dissolving into dreams of his college ref days until midway through the fourth quarter--when it's all wrapped up. The brothers from Roslindale only swear at the refs. And the kid with the ankle weights stops smiling...