Word: skid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fateof countless similar books before it--that ofeither just another whiny pseudo-Freudian accountof a life ruined by wealth or some tangentialbiography of a prominent man of letters. Stuarthas come to terms with a conflict that allfamilies face regardless of whether their addressis on Beacon Hill, Fifth Avenue or Skid Row: it'sfamily, after all. Both Robert Lowell and SarahPayne Stuart's stories of growing up run parallelin that both writers hold the vacuous andhypocritical snobbery of the family in totalcontempt but constantly seek the validation of thefamily in all they do. Thus even though RobertLowell would come to publish...
Cornell enters tomorrow after a 1-0 overtime victory over Syracuse in Ithaca on Wednesday. The victory stopped a short two game skid...
Riders of "personal watercraft" are far more likely to get hurt than conventional pleasure boaters, and a report issued last week helps explain why. Jet skiers, notably hourly renters, often get little instruction. They don't learn, for example, to keep a steady speed when turning, so they skid into an obstruction...
Scott notched a career-high 26 points on 10-of-13 shooting, grabbed eight rebounds and stifled Schaeffer in the second half, leading the Crimson (10-10, 3-5 Ivy) to a 72-66 victory to break a five-game skid...
...Harvard gets by B.C. it will likely face Northeastern in the Beanpot finals next Tuesday night. The Huskies are currently at the top of the ECAC standings, and they handed the Crimson two defeats during its five-game skid...