Word: sided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said nothing and scurried to get my smoking jacket before I could get the blunt instrument with which I usually struck him repeatedly on the side of the face...
Duncan came into the contest with 999 career points, but waited more than 17 minutes before breaking into four figures with a three-point rocket from the left side...
Although friendly and attentive within the confines of the rules, everyone there seemed powerless to offer me the one thing I truly wanted--sleep. Now I don't want to suggest that the UHS hospital should be a madhouse where men and beasts roam side by side drinking and carousing long into the wee hours. But I am asking for a place where more people are trained and empowered to deal with individual situations rather than being forced to always follow generic guidelines...
Roommates and visiting friends are another source of troublesome entertainment from the other side of the counter. If there's more than one friend visiting, a competition immediately starts to see who can make me screw up first. Once, distracted by a shouting friend, I let the blender slice into the cup I was holding. Half-churned vanilla and shredded paper spewed across the service area, covering me and my customer with sticky blobs...
...Duncan represents the other side of his own thesis work--he grew up in a family situation which allowed him to leave the inner city. "I could never have made it here [Harvard] without coming from that background," he said. "I'm just very fortunate--a lot of players a lot better than I was never made it out of the area...