Word: weren
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Admittedly, there were obvious holes in the Crimson's roster. "We just weren't deep enough in potential," coach Bill McCurdy said. "We had no slush fund," he added...
...They weren't tall, but they were big--they really had muscle," sophomore guard Patty Horne said after the game. Swatting away eight shots and playing an aggressive, hacking defense, the Huskies forced the Crimson to the outside, shutting them down in the lane...
...were all crazy that year," Harvard's all-time leading goal scorer recalls. "It was so cold [playing outside] in February that the players who weren't on the ice went into the lockerroom to keep warm...
BALANCING THE PROBLEM of oversimplification are some sustained confusions, and a few distinctions that demand clarification Strenio attacks the concept of basic competancy testing for high school diplomas on the grounds that it discriminates against students whose high school curricula weren't geared to the test. He thus ignores the point that a properly "basic" test is designed to detect severe shortcomings in the school system. And afterarguing convincingly that the tendency for schools to coach for tests rather then teach subjects is harmful, his "Beating the System" chapter heartily recomments SAT prep course plugs Stanley Kaplan by name...
...criminals, all over a mild intoxicant that every serious study has pronounced less harmful than beer. It is difficult to imagine how we, or indeed our worst enemies could have developed a more wrong-headed policy...Our marijuana policy has become a domestic Vietnam, a national disgrace. If it weren't so tragic, it would be hilarious...