Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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without cheeks, without shape, eyes...
After last week's tie with the Russian National Team, one of the World Hockey Association players triumphantly told the press, "They have to know that we're going to get better. We're just starting to get into shape...
...issue is that Americans and Canadians tend to rationalize losses to what they consider inferior peoples. Either the players are not in shape or the country's best players did not show up--or, as in Bobby Hull's case, were not allowed to play because of NHL-WHA politics. We collectively have to face up to the fact that if a foreign country emphasizes a sport, either by subsidizing the construction of facilities or by exalting its participants in the press and public rallies, we cannot expect to remain superior forever...
...have found it necessary to work out agreements concerning almost every sphere of mutual interest--undergraduates, housing, faculty, maintenance, etc. This year, committees are studying several of these parts of the Harvard-Radcliffe relationship. The recommendations from these committees, all expected by the end of the academic year, should shape the future of undergraduate admissions policies, financial arrangements and corporate structures of what now are two separate, but interconnected, institutions...
George Ford, Harvard's new soccer coach, has been spending the first part of his reign trying to whip his players into shape while teaching them fundamental ball control skills. Ford held training camp at the St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., last week where 34 players went through the rigors of three days with two daily practices and two more days of three grueling daily practices...