Word: umpteenth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...umpteenth time, the "Green Line" of Tania Huber, Sara Fischer and Meg Streeter played a key role for the Crimson. Huber picked up two goals, her 13th and 14th of the season, in the first period, then helped preserve a tenuous one-goal Harvard lead in the game's final minutes...
Least surprising of all was the news that for the umpteenth year in a row Economics 10, "Principles of Economics," led the list of largest courses. Nine hundred and ninety-three undergraduates--not including those laggards who didn't file their study cards on time--have signed up for a year's worth of supply and demand curves, giving Ec 10 almost 300 more students than any other course in the College...
ATTENDING A RETROSPECTIVE of an artist's work has a similar appeal as seeing old movies over and over again. You go to quell your nostalgic urges, to see your time - honored favorites, whether it be the joy of watching Dorothy prance down the Yellow Brick Road for the umpteenth time or the sight of a particular Monet haystack. For the most part, however, new ideas are rarely perceived; you end up looking for your special favorites and tend to ignore the rest. Whatever insights are made usually concern the philosophy of nostalgia rather than revelations about the subject concerned...
...Bicentennial; while there probably won't be quite that many people around this time, if you're going to go, get there early. Arthur Fiedler, the cute, crusty conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, those refugees from classical music, will be on hand with his boys for the umpteenth year in a row to make merry music. The selections will feature all the patriotic standards. Bring plenty of wine or what have you, sit back and enjoy the show. The Fourth, after all, only comes once a year...
...along came sophomore Bob Allen to win a starting berth in the backcourt with better than ten points a game after a virtually non-existent first half of the season. Add Rosey Cox too, who returned to the squad for what seemed like the umpteenth time, but played with earnest dedication...