Word: turning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard's sailing program has a grand history, dating back to obscure origins around the turn of the century. But now, as a Level II varsity sport, Harvard sailing enjoys a number of fairly recent benefits...
...depravity of this attitude can't be dismissed as male chauvinism, however. Rather, it reflects Kosinski's commentary on the modern trend of individualism. We tend increasingly to draw away from others, to turn our backs on the world, on the country, on friends, and on family; ultimately, we will consider only ourselves...
...will turn most of the Panama Canal Zone over to Panama at midnight on Monday, when the treaties take effect. The U.S. will give the Zone to Panama in stages, concluding with the transfer of the canal itself...
...their Protestant antagonists of generations past. Besides the deafening roar of Boston's brassiest Catholic Youth Organization bands and the huzzahs of the crowds in the packed streets, the papal entourage will be greeted by yet another sound--the rumbling bones of the Mathers, Cottons and Sewalls as they turn over in their graves. It will not be an act of inhospitality, mind you (even in death they are too well-bred for that), simply one of incredulity that in the land of the Bean and the Cod, he who is called Summus Pontifex, Vicarius Petri, Servus Servorum Dei, Dominus...
...Wesleyan defenders intercepted most Crimson breaks and turned the ball back the other way. When the Crimson did penetrate deep on either wing, they repeatedly sent crossing passes booming too hard past the goalmouth. When they drove down the middle, Harvard couldn't find the one-two's that turn attacks into goal...