Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shape of Their Legs...
...pressure to beat Columbia is already great, and if we lose to Cornell, it would get even worse," Ingard said. "But if we stay cool and win, we'll be in top shape for Columbia...
...cake. His decision is a serious loss to the University, to you. Eckstein is one of the best teachers at the University, carrying more than his share of the teaching and advising load and giving more attention to undergraduates than most of his colleagues, myself included. The rather good shape of Ec 10 in recent years owes much to his efforts. Not having him on full time status will be missed by all of us, you included. It is sad that you don't seem to care about this aspect of the matter. Zvi Griliches Professor of Economics
...Homer's Proteus was more than a quick-change artist. Once pinned down-and the problem was in the pinning-he would revert to his original shape and utter prophecies. So with Picasso; and some of the deepest and most durable work he produced was made when he was, if not pinned down, at least constrained by shared responsibility. Thus his co-invention, with Braque, of Cubism: that system of anchoring and interlocking forms in space that proved to be the first workable (though less systematic) alternative to Renaissance perspective in modern...
Bucky's girl friend Opal is in worse shape. Poisoned by drugs and suffering from chronic time lag due to constant travel, she can barely distinguish herself from her luggage. Meanwhile, the schlock rock of the '70s goes on. (For a flesh-and-blood reference, see the recent issue of Rolling Stone, in which Drag Star Alice Cooper says: "The sicker all you kids get, the greater the shows we'll have...