Word: wounded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...front of Buck Mays' store whittling down sticks of cedar. They do not whittle an object-a slingshot, say, or a whistle-so much as they just whittle away the stick. They make long, precise strokes, and the shavings curl before the blade like something delicate being wound. When the stick is reduced to an aromatic pile on the sidewalk, they go and get another...
...interminable race for the Democratic nomination wound down last week like a 1920s dance marathon. Dazed by months of gladhanding and posturing, the candidates stumbled around in circles. Only the prize sustained them: 486 delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday III, the last leg on the long trail to the Democratic nomination...
...twelve-year-old boy's sweet smile makes a poignant contrast to his otherwise pitiful appearance. His arms and legs are deformed and bent, as though he had suffered from rickets. Several fingers are missing. A large open wound covers one knee, and the smiling lips are bitten raw. He looks for all the world like a battered child, but only nature is to blame for his condition. He was born with an extremely rare genetic defect that makes him insensitive to pain. His fingers were either crushed or burned because he did not pull his hand away from...
...Vogue magazine in search of fashions by Christian Dior, but James H. Lubowitz would probably have already beaten them to the magazine stacks--and he was doing research for his thesis. Most undergraduate don't circle the globe for credit, but Janet W. Rich and Michael P. Adams wound up doing their thesis research in Australia and Peru respectively. The variety of senior theses is always astounding--here is a lively sampling of some of this year's crop that were researched far away from Harvard or dealt with unusual topics...
...dollar outdoor track, the men's lacrosse squad including ex-iceman RALPH HARTMANN exceeded everyone's expectations by going 86 LISA BLACK came off the bench to spark the women's lacrosse team's return to the NCAA quarterfinals, sophomore GERRIRUBIN pitched her heart out but the softball team wound up fifth in the Ivies, men's lightweight crew (from left, EDD ELEMINC JEFF NICKEL, BEN COLBURN, GREG WILLIAMS, PAT BENNETT, PAUL NATHRSON, JUSTIN KERMOND, JAMES SHELDON) and their heavyweight counterparts finished fourth in the East, the women's heavyweights took third, but the Radcliffe lights, including a jubilant ANNE...