Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even in a winter paradise these days, things are seldom what they seem. When Adam and Eve first stumbled out of the Garden, Adam supposedly turned to his partner and remarked, "My dear, we live in an age of transition." The same can be said of Dartmouth today. And of its carnival, which has figured in the romantic or rowdy reveries of Dartmouth men for decades. It all goes back to 1909. That was the year, at least, when an inventive sophomore named Fred Harris (class of 1911) first urged the formation of a ski-and-snowshoe club to organize...
...furniture like limp spaghetti. At most fraternity houses just about the only sign of civilization is a composite picture of the members that hangs over the fireplace. Upstairs in Theta House a green banner forlornly proclaims, WHEN BETTER WOMEN ARE MADE, DARTMOUTH MEN WILL MAKE THEM. Through halls that seem to carry scars from ancient battles, a brother who has just wakened stumbles along, scratching his chest and testing the elastic of his underwear. He is sucking sleepily on a lollipop. "Boy did I get messed up last night," he mutters, turning lazily toward the showers. Another brother offers...
...frontier has changed, the nations on both sides have changed, and the convulsions seem to be accelerating. Carter's recent statements declining the role of world policeman have signaled almost everybody, intentionally or not, that as nations jostle for advantage, the U.S. plans to be just another member of the club...
...Kross '79, a colleague of Puopolo on the football team, said yesterday, "Andy never had a second chance." Another teammate of Puopolo's, Alphonse Ippolito '79, added, "It doesn't seem that justice is fair...
Murphy hopes the officials' tense feelings will dissipate now that the initial hurdle of filing their first disclosure form is over. "People seem to think that financial disclosure means political voyeurism. They think they're going to find out," he adds, "but they're going to be awfully surprised...