Word: strains
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Farley may see time as a back-up to junior Monroe Trout, the 225-pounder who filled the middle for Harvard last year. Just recovering from a back strain suffered in a pick-up game earlier this fall. Trout made his first appearance eight minutes and 21 seconds into last night's exhibition. Trout took command right away, grabbing two rebounds and chalking up three points in less than two minutes. Jiangsu's 6-ft., 11-in. Lee Chonshan made no move to challenge Trout, and the shorter American college student taught the Chinese high school senior how to play...
...University's vice Presidents for government and community affairs wrote a letter to Cambridge officials last week to allay their fears that plans to improve the life of under--graduates living off campus would strain the city's tight housing market...
...blemishes, including bygone lynch laws and the continued existence of America's own criminal Mafia. Friendship between nations, said the advertisement, is "a generous sentiment, not subject to conditions." Alas, that is hardly ever so in international relations. As Hinton warned, friendships that come under intolerable strain can also come...
...this time the audience was divided: some continued booing; others tried to stop them. In the balcony, rival factions smacked each other with programs. From the orchestra pit Conductor Giuseppe Patané, who was ill himself, pleaded with the audience to be quiet; eventually he too collapsed under the strain, and a substitute conductor had to finish the fiasco...
...sexual harassment victim shows its lack of understanding of a basic issue. An instructor who treat's a student as a sexual object cannot judge that student's work impartially. In addition, the harassed student is working in a hostile environment, and the work produced will reflect the added strain. One wonders how many make-up exams are taken because strain in the classroom prevented the student from completing the required work on time...