Word: tidbits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scary that someone like that could get as far as he did") to the power of the news media ("They're such vultures . . . they're too powerful") and the dating habits of flight attendants ("In case we crash, so the media would have some kind of a juicy tidbit"). Moments later, the plane crashed, killing 14 people. The crew had apparently failed to extend the aircraft's wing flaps properly...
...this country's preoccupation with the details of Hart's personal life, details that go way beyond the particulars of the current scandal. The press has been eager to chronicle Hart's rate of intercourse since he hit puberty, and the American public has lapped up each tidbit of gossip with unyielding fervor...
Among these "shocking" revelations are the fact that Rey (Jay Chiumento) helped his classmates cheat on one of their final exams but was the only one to be expelled for the act. Ansara uses this tidbit as an excuse for a flashback to the fresh revolutionary fervor of 1979. As Bobby (David Frisch) and Rey copy over old tests, Rey equates the stealing of a Latin exam to a revolutionary act: "Say no to the academy, no to the authorities!!" Better yet, say no to the acting...
Perhaps another tidbit of advice from Fox to Jewett might have been, "watch out for the spring, that's when all those radical types who hate the University emerge from the brick and ivy." Fox never really liked the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee, but then again I'm sure the feeling was mutual...
From this week's tidbit file comes this fact: the number-one spot on the Harvard-William & Mary series scoring list belongs to Madison "Maddy" Sayles '27, who had the game-winning touchdown in the 1925 game, which was played on Halloween...