Word: walking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Just to walk through Harvard Yard is the sort of experience I always expected it to be," he says happily...
Reading about the Newfoundland that "bounded out of the water and sprayed everyone," I cannot resist passing along the story of the breeder who perfected the ideal dog. To retrieve, the canine was trained to walk on water. A prospective buyer, after seeing the dog's remarkable performance, was unimpressed. "Don't you notice anything unusual about that dog?" asked the trainer. "Yep," quipped the observer. "Looks like he can't swim...
...presidential problems. The men and women working at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue are only as good as their boss allows them to be. Yet there are levels of competence and honor that each person controls. Watergate cried out for one bright young man to remember his Boy Scout oath and walk out of the White House. None did. The Carter crew have better hearts and souls. But if there is one duty of a staffer, it is to spot trouble far off and, if necessary, make unpleasant noises to convince the President of the danger. None...
...plays a stud named Tony, threw her to the floor. "It was my fault," she said. "I knew how to take the fall, but I blew it. Besides, it's fun to do that wild, physical stuff. And it's nice to get really angry and scream, and then walk away from the responsibility for all that when the shooting is over...
...Mather House, where students last year formed an "Eggshell Alliance" to protest their having to walk to Leverett for a full breakfast, the sounds of discontent could be heard again last week...