Word: silks
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Harvard from the moral obligation to consider returning the artifacts. At the very least, the museum should examine the historical conditions surrounding the acquisitions. And although not "crown jewels," the Tun-huang wall paintings and sculptures are highly prized because they reflect a unique mixture of styles influenced by silk Road trade...
...deserve only our deepest sympathy. After the Inter-Club Council (the adults who make club decisions) banned kegs from the clubs, barred alcohol from punching events and even proposed to ban guests from the nine all-male institutions, clubbies across campus could be seen dabbing tears away with their silk pocket squares...
...what about all the other studies that have tentatively linked coffee not only to heart attacks but also to calcium loss, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, increased cholesterol levels, birth defects and difficulty in getting pregnant, to say nothing of damage to computer keyboards and silk neckties? Though some of these investigations have been superseded by contrary research, it is virtually impossible for anyone -- expert or layman -- to sort them...
However, David A. Smith '94 said he has escaped the first-year angst phenomenon, attributing this to the low initial expectations he brought with him. "If you come here expecting beautiful women with silk veils to dance around your bed, you will be acutely disappointed," he said...
...eighth and by far best book, Alice Hoffman creates characters so true to their moment in time that future generations trying to reproduce life in a Long Island suburb in 1959 could use this as a blueprint. Hoffman introduces us to Nora Silk as she is moving into a little box of a home, so much like the others "that children wandered into the wrong house for cookies and milk." Her feckless husband, a magician who cannot even get hired for children's birthday parties, has left her and fled to Las Vegas, where he hopes to perfect his lounge...