Word: sharp
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crowded bar on Rome's Corso di Francia, one Italian disparaged the Apollo achievement-and was clobbered in a fist-swinging, bottle-throwing brawl. In Japan, Emperor Hirohito canceled a botanical outing in the woods to watch TV. In Germany and in Uruguay, police reported a sharp drop in crime while Eagle was resting on the moon. Said a West Berlin police sergeant: "I wish there were moon landings every night...
...rent control referendum, has exchanged sharp words over the past months with the Cambridge Housing Convention, the other group pushing for rent control in the City...
This spring Harvard students waged a sharp struggle against these ways in which Harvard attacks working people at home and abroad. As President Pusey says. I openly "encouraged and participated" in this struggle, which clearly threatens the interests of those who rule Harvard. It is not surprising therefore that the Administration has called me before a handpicked committee which will undoubtedly fine me guilty of "misconduct" and recommend "discipline"--either a warning or quite possibly a firing...
...nineteenth century found Bach's music difficult to perform in the Romantic style-their alternating piano-forte, their rubato, their sharp dynamic contrasts. If Bach's was difficult to adapt to their style, the nineteenth century decided, it was Bach's fault...
...sharp opposites, Pierce and Ben naturally attract each other. They become roommates, try out together for the News, join the same club (Fence). But like so many good friends they are also bad friends, out to destroy as much as to enhance each other. Ben secretly ruins Pierce's chance to become chairman of the News. Pierce makes clandestine love to Ben's virginal girl friend...