Word: wakely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard managed only six places in individual events for a meager 19 points to lag far behind champion Cornell, which racked up 44 points. The host team was enthusiastically urged to higher heights and faster times by a crowd that made "Rollerball" sound like a wake. The band played, people screamed and air horns blared every time the Big Red pasted their opponents...
...form of aid or trade. Despite the $23 billion in assistance poured into South Viet Nam between 1950 and 1974, the newly united country remains, according to one top analyst, among the 25 poorest nations in the world. Its rich mineral resources, including oil, are largely untapped. In the wake of war, agriculture is a shambles. Viet Nam's foreign trade, mostly with the Soviet Union and Japan, ran a disastrous $570 million deficit last year...
Bannish described the ailment to reporters today, saying "It used to come to me like clockwork every Sunday morning. I'd wake up really dizzy with my head pounding like a construction company building a new wing on Lamont...
Required eating continues the next morning, when children wake to find chestnuts under their pillows. Because the Chinese word for "chestnuts" sounds similar to the word for "fame," eating the nuts is believed to bring a noteworthy career. The children also receive a plate containing oranges to keep the family together, cake to bring them happiness, and candy to bring them a sweet life. Parents also give their children money in red envelopes, which they are allowed to gamble or spend as they like on New Year...
...Quakers, who came into Cambridge with a 7-1 Ivy slate, started off the game with a scoring ripple that gave them a 10-3 lead and went on from there to leave the cagers floundering in their wake...