Word: virginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effort to show how the patriarchal system has placed a series of contradictory demands on women--viewing them at once as the all-giving earth mother, the chaste, swooning virgin and the corrupting whore--Rich careens into a long historical digression that verges on the paranoic. This is a problem feminist writers have had before, perhaps the unavoidable consequence of the effort to display the extent of women's oppression. But despite her extensive footnoting and bibliography, Rich begins to sound more extreme than most, her enthusiasm leading her to make contradictory and unsatisfying statements. At times, she seems...
...Karl Marx and barred Johannes Brahms." At times the ironies seem to have been guided by an unseen hand. In his off-watch time, Buckley read Moby Dick. But no whales were sighted, just an unidentified submarine. Buckley also tells of anchoring in an isolated cove in the British Virgin Islands, only to be unexpectedly joined minutes later by another boat bearing Dr. Benjamin Spock. In warm neutral waters, ideological differences fade to reveal indelible tax brackets...
Kenyan-born Henry Rono of Washington State grabbed individual honors in the race, pulling in first at 28:06, just ten seconds ahead of teammate Samson Kimombwa, also of Kenya. Third place went to defending champion Craig Virgin of Illinois, who came...
After the mile mark the top teams began to show their mettle, as the top three Washington runners and Illinois' Virgin began to pull away from the rest and trade the lead among themselves...
This fall the foundation will take its first nominations from colleges and universities. One scholarship will be granted in each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and one for a student from Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa or the Pacific Trust Territories. On the basis of their merit and commitment to careers in public service, 53 students who will be college juniors next fall will receive the awards. Each will be good for up to four years and will carry a maximum stipend of $5,000 per year. Though less than the funds backing the international Fulbright...