Word: vies
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When DeeAnn Brewer '89 applied to Harvard last January, she was the first student from Holyoke High School in tiny Holyoke, Colo., to vie for entry into an Ivy League School. Neither she nor her school counselor had ever heard of Achievement Tests...
...stories of her Uncle Jakob, the Christian prety of her father's sister. Aunt Sarah, all make their way to her impressionable yet independent mind. All the passions that have moved people throughout the centuries meet and mix in the nighttime musings of an eight-year old girl and vie with each other for her allegience. Ultimately, and surprisingly, it is Judaism that wins...
...larger than average number of candidates will vie for the seat because of its traditional associations with strong statesmanship, according to O'Neill. The late John P. Kennedy '40 represented the eighth district before O'Neill assumed office in 1952. O'Neill has held the seat since...
Well, Berrenger's may yet deliver the merchandise. The slickly produced show puts back an important element that was missing from Paper Dolls: a strong family unit. The Bloomingdale's-like department store of the title is run by an aging tycoon (Sam Wanamaker) whose children and their spouses vie for power and assorted sex partners. "Positively Byzantine," remarks one family member, after Papa Berrenger has announced plans to retire. "It's going to be fun watching this family fight their way through this." Not as much fun, unfortunately, as it would be if the actors and plot twists...
...would enable the crimson to travel to its first-ever NCAA Final Four tournament to vie for a national championship...