Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scientist, he writes clearly and perceptively about several reasonably esoteric subjects--from genetic engineering to the recently-discovered hole in the Antarctic ozone layer. Although his explanations of global warming may seem doom-laden, they contain enough hard facts to give even the least environmentally aware person a serious jolt...
While most Harvard students equate the Head with large swarms of strange people asking where they can buy beer, the regatta is actually a serious athletic event. The Head is the largest single-day rowing event in the world and the most famous in the United States...
...speed. On my part, nothing has troubled me less than sharing the pool with the young women who arrive with their even more youthful offspring and thus escape for an hour or so into exceptionally vigorous relaxation. It is my strong impression that their young are free from any serious risk and are otherwise of no trouble or embarrassment to anyone. I plead strongly for a reconsideration of the rule which precludes what is surely a welcome escape from maternal routine. Walburg Professor of Economics Emeritus
Says Pilbeam, "This has a very serious educational component...
...women, junior Suzanne Jones, freshman Rachel Lewis and senior Jody Dushay will be fighting for the top positions, while Yale will look to seniors Susannah Beck, Rebecca Rivkin and junior Sarah E. Smith. Princeton has struggled this season and does not look to be a serious threat...