Word: soaks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hemingway used the war to soak up material for his novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. Earlier in Abyssinia, Evelyn Waugh witnessed Mussolini's campaign against Haile Selassie's antiquated army. Waugh too was no shakes as a journalist-filing his copy in Latin did not ingratiate him with his editors-but he returned from Africa to disguise his experiences in Scoop, still the best satire on journalism ever written...
...Ross '78 (not his real name) had always gotten easy As when he wasn't doing stuff as president of his class and chairman of his school social service organization. When he came to Harvard, he decided to drop the extra-curriculars and concentrate on his academics, to really soak in the "atmosphere which puts an emphasis on the intellectual...
Nancy stayed for a few minutes to talk to Daig O'Connell, a red-haired, sunburnt crew coach from Berkeley who goes out in the launch with Parker every day, trying to soak up what he can from the master. At the same time, he serves as a link between the inscrutable Parker and the anxious oarswomen, who try to extract what information they can from Daig...
From that point the game belonged to Harvard, as the Crimson padded its lead with two more first period tallies and was content to soak up some of the brilliant April sunshine as the afternoon wore...
...month; the average peasant living on a commune about half that. Essentials, like food, medicine and housing, cost next to nothing and, to the envy of the rest of the world, have not increased in price in 20 years; yet "luxury" items, such as bicycles or radios, can soak up months of savings. The average urban worker is likely to: live in a drab, two-room unit in a massive, slate-gray apartment complex; work a 48-hour week; spend his Sunday picnicking in one of China's shady parks; pass his evenings in a workers' cultural palace...