Word: switches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...switch, however, has not been all fun and games. Stanley admits to missing teaching on a daily basis; guest lecturing in other people's classes doesn't give him the "rhythm of the year." Stanley grew up in Harvard's academic environment, getting his B.A., M.A. and his doctorate from the History Department. As an associate professor, Stanley was the department's utility infielder, as much at home in turn-of-the-century America--he taught the now-dead History 1621, "The Progressive Era"--as in 19th century imperial China. Stanley headed the list of lecturers in the ever-popular...
Sports fans today switch loyalties as often as teams switch managers--opportunistically insisting that they sincerely "like Pittsburgh" even though they wouldn't go near the dump...
...estimated that there are 150 to 200 small groups...It is difficult to keep a record of the persons in the groups inasmuch as the women frequently switch according to possible changes in address, workplace, movement affiliation, marital status, ideological anaysis, or whim...
...clear, still night last December, Israeli scientists and energy officials gathered in the tiny desert community of Ein Bokek near the southern shore of the Dead Sea. At the command of the Energy Minister, a switch was thrown and a battery of floodlights suddenly blazed in the darkness, casting an eerie bluish glow over the nearby hills. As onlookers cheered, one dazzled scientist exulted: "We have hit the skeptics pretty hard...
...representation of the album, including a smoking bomber with an 18-ft. wingspan that buzzes the audience on a guy wire and huge floats representing the song's major characters, among them a 30-ft. mom who inflates to appropriately daunting proportions with the throw of a toggle switch. There is also, of course, a wall, soaring 30 ft. above the stage, spanning 210 ft. at the top. At the start of the show, roadies-rechristened "wallies" for the occasion-start stacking 340 cardboard bricks until, at intermission, the wall stands completed. During the second half, a few strategic...