Word: albert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...them have beards. Apart from that, I have never been among those who would speak slightingly of men by lumping them all in together; I would never say, for instance--as some have--"Put a paper bag over their bodies and they're all the same." I give you Albert Schweitzer in one corner, Hitler in another...
...Fleming, 2-Jeff Nickel, 3-Ben Colourn, 4-Greg Williams, 5-Pat Bennell, 6-Paul Natterson, 7-Justin Kemond, stoke James Sheldon cox-Mike Philips), 5:58:2 Dartmouth 5:58:3 MIT 6 11 Junior varsity eights HARVARD (bow John Lawfor 2 Phil Talbert 3 Wally Obersmayer 4 Albert Legar 5 Scott Diugos 6 Trip Switzer 7 Bill Peterson stroke Peter Herbig, cox-Mike Mollerus) 6:11:2 Dartmouth...
...pitcher has a reputation as a fireballing righthander, but when fans wonder about the caliber of his rifle, they have the real thing in mind. Minnesota's Albert Williams (who opened the season, and lost, for the Twins last week) is the only known former Sandinista guerrilla in the major leagues. Back in 1977, when the Nicaraguan-born athlete was in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, the Somoza government declined to renew his visa. As a Twins guidebook laconically puts it, "This prompted Al to sign up with the Sandinista National Liberation Front guerrillas, and he was engaged...
...Alvarado increased his popularity among poor and working mothers by extending half-day kindergartens to full-day programs. He brought in volunteers and businessmen to work with city schools and began to combat the city's 45% dropout rate with pilot programs providing personal counseling for students. Says Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers...
Called the "prince of post-modernist trumbet-with-a-punch" in a recent Down Beat article, Bowie began his rise to jazz stardom in the early sixties, working with "doo-wop" bands, and backing the likes of Albert King and Joe Tex. He moved to Chicago in the mid-'60s, became a part of the "Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians," and in 1965 the critically acclaimed "Art Ensemble of Chicago...