Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...survived sorrow as intense as that meted out by the gods to the houses of Cadmus and Atreus. Of their nine children, they have buried four: Joe Jr., who died in World War II; Kathleen, who perished in a 1948 plane crash; John, and now Bobby, at the age of 42. Rosemary, 48, has been a lifelong victim of mental retardation. Ted, now the only remaining son, nearly died in a 1964 plane accident. While he was recovering Bobby cracked: "I guess the only reason we've survived is that there are too many of us. There are more...
...proud before: they once had a colt named Night Vision, who was the offspring of Eight Thirty and Knothole. But long acknowledged as the most adroit namesman in racing is Millionaire Sportsman Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, 55, whose past coups include Crashing Bore (by Social Climber, out of Stumbling Block), Age of Consent (by My Request-Novice) and Social Outcast (by Shut Out-Pansy). And when Vanderbilt in 1949 bred a stallion named Polynesian to a mare named Geisha, he came up with a name that will be remembered as long as horse races are run: Native Dancer. Trying as always...
...days later, Athletic Director Adolph Samborski announced that current assistant coach Loyal K. Park would succeed retiring baseball coach Norm Shepard next spring. Shepard, who has coached three Eastern championships, had reached the compulsory retirement age...
...unlikely to sponsor Alan Kaprow's next happening. Certainly the scholarship and aesthetic judgment Coolidge values so highly can thrive in this quietude. But whether the impact of this intellectual activity may be obscured, whether the intelligent decisions may lose the impact they have traditionally had in an age when one has to scream to be heard, Coolidge's successor must decide
Miro's Harvard citation was: "Painter, sculptor, ceramist; his joyful creations have greatly enlivened the artistic resources of this age...