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Word: sit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Outraged at seeing their way of life destroyed, the Penan have periodically blockaded roads leading into the forest in a losing effort to keep the loggers out. Says Penan headman Asik Nyelit, who has twice been arrested by Malaysian authorities for his role in the blockades: "If we just sit, we are going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Putting The Heat on Japan | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

...Sit next to an ardent Bosox fan. You'll hear stories of the 1967 squad with Lonborg and Yazstremski, the 1975 squad with Fisk, Lynn, Tiant and pinch-hitter extraordinaire Bernie Carbo and the 1986 squad with Clemens, Boggs, Evans and Barrett...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard, the Haven for Armchair Athletes | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

During the Vietnam War, the people believed they could affect change. They campaigned, marched, held sit-ins and protests and pickets, convinced that America's democracy could not help but respond to this showing of public opinion...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Rousing the Silent Majority | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...resources are technically owned by the Corporation, a.k.a. the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Drawn from academia, the law and business, the seven members of the Corporation run Harvard. And when one dies or steps down, the remaining six get together to choose a new chum to sit on the board...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Wisdom Dispensed From Mount Harvard's Peak | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...deceived by Jewett's disheveled, comfortable appearance. Part of his job is to sit at the head of the 25-member Administrative Board, which disciplines students guilty of "conduct unbecoming of a Harvard student." You don't want to meet Jewett at an Ad Board hearing...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Wisdom Dispensed From Mount Harvard's Peak | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

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