Word: tricking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...keep pace with the Eli superstars, Harvard needed outstanding performances from its sharpshooters. Sophomore guard Bob Ferry and freshman forward Wildes did the trick, nabbing career highs of 28 and 23 points respectively. Forward Ken Plutnicki turned in a solid 18 points...
...never quite imagine people younger than oneself having a plausibly magical song of their own. It is a trick of age and generational perspective. Parents believe that the songs their children cherish, far from amassing rich emotional associations, are merely destroying brain cells. The workings of special songs are necessarily subjective, and they promote a kind of hubris. Still, even allowing for that effect, it is sometimes hard to imagine what private anthems will arise from, say, punk or new wave music. Are there couples now that will for years grow mistily tender when they hear a ditty by Meat...
Harvard closed out the day's scoring at the 7:17 mark of the third when White finished off her first hat trick of the year with a quick slapshot past the outstretched stick of Mason...
...form of alchemy. Describing the clear consomme made by Isak Dinesen's African cook, she writes, "You keep the spirit, but discard the rough ingredients: eggshells and raw bones. You then submit them to fire and patience. And the clarity comes at the end like a magic trick." The recipe stands as a metaphor for all well-written Lives...
...right, we're going to pay them a pension when they retire at 65. That's the magic of 65--it is purely a convention, and he chose 65 because at that time only four in a hundred lived to be 65. It was a very almost sadistic trick. I see no magic, whether it be in a university or anyplace else...