Word: shouldering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Aunt Augusta chases after the dream of her youth and finds it seedless. Hers is a persistent past, and she dwells in reminiscence. She drapes herself in shoulder furs and slinky sequined gowns, and mannerizes the carefree '20s with every flourish of her cigarette holder. Her figure has the lines of Beardsley, and her history mimics the twists of those lines. Her life was all amour--she cavorted at their serenades, whirled waltzing in their arms, and made indulgent love to them. And when they abandoned her, she resurfaced like an invincible Molly Brown...
...thermometer in the school window stood at 1° above zero, and bitter winds howled in off Lake Michigan. Bundled up in parkas and woolen face masks, a platoon of teachers stood shoulder to shoulder on the sidewalk and honked bicycle horns at anyone who pushed through their picket lines. "Scab! Scab!" and "Shame!" they shouted. "Don't go in! There aren't any children in there!" The few teachers who did venture in found the building virtually empty-and chilling; custodians honored picket lines by refusing to provide more than 55° of heat. The teachers...
...notes from his interview with the playwright mystically rearranged themselves into dramatic form. 2 a.m. on Third Avenue, Manhattan. NEIL SIMON is walking his shaggy dog and, improbably, swinging a tennis racket. An AMORPHOUS MASS suddenly takes the shape of an ageless human being. It taps SIMON on the shoulder...
Wilson must be considered the front-runner for the position. His rise in the academic world has been nothing less than meteoric, and he has always evinced a willingness to shoulder seemingly onerous duties...
Three numbers after has first score Rigell took a long first shot that went between Bertagna's shoulder and the post. The Big Green power play took advantage of a tripping call on McManama at 16 14 as Bill Berry scored Dartmouth's third goal...