Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...result, the river has divided into a stagnant upper layer of fresh water and a deoxygenated lower layer of salt water. The sewage which is drained into the Charles falls to the bottom, where it decomposes. Since there is not enough oxygen, this decomposition produces hydrogen sulfide, which gives off the now-familiar smell or rotten eggs...
...ditty whose magic lies in the fact that every few bars the audience can join in with three short, shrill whistles. When enough beer and schnapps had flowed (nightly sales total 18,000 glasses of each), spectators swarmed onto the infield to dance. Fist fights flared in the smoky upper reaches of the grandstands, known as the "hayloft." The occupants of this low-cost Olympus exercise dictatorial power over the groundlings, demanding and usually getting kegs of free beer from the celebrities they spot in ringside seats below them. If no beer is forthcoming, the haylofters boo their target unmercifully...
...Series had set up the lone St. Louis run. "I was wearing the horns," said Mantle afterward. "I had to do something." Schultz threw-a knuckle ball that didn't quite knuckle. Mantle swung-and hammered a drive that was still climbing when it bounced off the upper deck, 400 ft. away. And the Yankees took the lead in the Series, two games...
...full courses required in the electives division may be selected either from among upper level. Gen Ed courses or from departmental courses that cannot count for concentration...
...activists now hold the upper hand. In a flood of decisions that run counter to state laws and local customs, the Court has in the past ten years...