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Word: wet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sticky day and his t-shirt was wet with sweat. He chose to forego the thick air, so he stayed prone and parched until he felt stiff and starched. Consider the limit as n approaches infinity...if n is infinitely far away, what of 2n? A sticky question, so take instead the limits to growth...when does a less developed country become developed? When does mortality end and force begin? Sketch the graph. Draw the line. Are martyrs altruists or egoistic hedonists at heart? But it all harks back to the distinction between Nazism and Hitlerism--if, in fact...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Meeting the Enemy | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

...MOON over the Mather House courtyard would delight Samuel Beckett as it dodges behind thick black clouds during this outdoor production of his existentialist tour-de-force, Waiting For Godot. By play's end, it nestles out of sight, casting an appropriate bleakness over a wet and shivering audience. The sky matches Beckett's play in its inability to illumine. The stage slipped between Mather House's cement blocks stands bare of even the smallest of miracles. No leaves flutter on the lone tree that cowers behind a tiny desert. A flute echoes as the only sign of regeneration when...

Author: By James L. Cott, | Title: L' Absurdite, C'est Moi | 5/1/1980 | See Source »

...underground parking lot at the Pru looked like Yankee Stadium after a World Series win. Thousands of paper cups lay crushed on the wet cement, illuminated by the glittering blankets crumpled against posts. Families wandered around looking for runners; marathoners ambled back and forth to keep their legs from cramping...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Pride, Pain and | 4/22/1980 | See Source »

...Getting wet is no fun unless it's in a shower or a swimming pool...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: No Place Like Home | 4/10/1980 | See Source »

Harvard baseball fans will have to wait until Wednesday for this year's home opener, as scattered showers and wet grounds forced the cancellation of yesterday's scheduled contest with Northeastern...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Rain Cancels Crimson's Home Opener; Stewart, Larson Face Friars Today | 4/5/1980 | See Source »

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