Word: sit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matter of confidence," Harvard Coach Peter Roby said after the Crusaders game. "We just have to sit in the gym and shoot foul shot after foul shot...
...effective, student pressure should take new, more exciting forms. A one-day boycott of classes taught by white men would raise awareness. So would encouraging students to sit in on classes taught by minorities and women for a day. These actions would ensure that the issues of race and gender are firmly set in the minds of the individuals who do the actual hiring...
...dusk the streets are deserted. "Anyone who goes out at night may be shot on sight," says Abdel Nasser, 24. "We sit and think only of revenge." In a nearby hideout, Jamal and fellow activists gather to chain smoke, play cards and mythologize their suffering. When the claustrophobia becomes unbearable, they sneak up to the rooftop to stare at the stars and the sweeping spotlights from Israeli patrols. Says Bassem, 29, who has been on the run for a year: "I'm expecting one of two things: either prison or death in an ambush...
...better to sit down and and say `what's the world like we're living in?" says Spence. "What does society expect higher education to contribute...
...easy to take pot shots at the show, but it is hard to sit through it. The kindest thing that can be said is that the play could have been good--and that some of the playwright's funny lines did not get lost...