Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Tuesdays, Clive would deliver a character sketch of the historian in question, empathetic, but tempered with sly asides; shuffling his papers, quietly harrumphing, Clive would look off out the window, a laugh warming his voice as he hit the point of a anecdote. His sympathy for these people, who had devoted their lives to telling the human race where it has been, was strong. I remember most vividly his telling us about the shy, morose Henry Adams, who also taught history at Harvard. As the class wound to the end of the hour, and he related...
...regarding college etc is this: 1. You might as well finish the "course" having come this far; you never can tell what the future holds and any degree you accrue there may come in useful in later life. 2. If it really is bugging you to the point of distraction, get the hell out and fuck the degree. Only you can decide; remember, as we used to say in the navy, there is no barbed wire round the place keeping you in (or is there)? The barbed wire of indecision? Mix in different company if present company is giving...
...middle income. Surely no one would describe a ballplayer in the top 5 percent of hitters as a "middling" player! How much money must a family have to be in this magic top 5 percent? $1 million? $250,000? Not a bit of it! In 1987, the cut-off point was $86,300. Today, it is slightly more...
...drive home his point, the fires of defiance and threatened revolution burned brightly throughout the Soviet Union last week. From the southern Caucasus republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia to the Baltic states in the north, ethnic tensions flared and independence movements battled with Communist Party officials. The most troubled spots...
Spooked by a burst of inflation at home and worrisome economic signals abroad, the stock market suffered an anxiety attack last week. On Friday the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 71.46 points, the largest single-day decline since the 190-point minicrash on Friday, Oct. 13. Last week's loss sent the Dow to 2689.21, down 84.04 for the week...