Word: allene
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remaining winners in 34 Senate contests, most were incumbents Louisiana's Russell Long did not even have an opponent, and Hawaii's Daniel Inouye ran virtually unopposed. Alabama's James Allen got 90% of the vote, Georgia's Herman Talmadge 75% and South Carolina's Ernest Boilings 71%. Other re-elected Democrats were George McGovern of South Dakota Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut, Alan Cranston of California, Thomas Eagleton of Missouri Birch Bayh of Indiana, Frank Church of Idaho, Warren Magnuson of Washington, Mike Gravel of Alaska and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin...
...idea was, instead of a drunken cocktail party, lo have a poetry reading," explained Poel Allen Ginsberg. The grizzled guru of the '60s then sat down cross-legged before a Manhattan audience of some 200 to celebrate his new book, Allen Verbatim, in verse with harmonium accompaniment Afterward, when asked what he considered the role of the modern poet to be, the winner of the 1973 National Book Award for Poetry replied with a new work titled "Ego Confession." "I want to be known as the most brilliant man on earth," said Ginsberg, "who overthrew the CIA with silent...
Died. John C. Farrar, 78, editor and publisher; after a long illness; in Manhattan. In 1929, Farrar teamed with Stanley Rinehart (son of Mystery Writer Mary Roberts Rinehart) to found one of the most successful publishing houses of the era. Among their bestsellers: Hervey Allen's huge 1933 novel Anthony Adverse, which sold over 2 million hard-cover copies. After World War II, Farrar joined Roger Straus Jr. to form a new firm that became Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Throughout his career, Farrar remained committed to popular literature. "I like a good story," he once said...
Michael Winn rambled 22 yards in the first quarter for the game's only score, and then Allen Yates added 2 points on the conversion. For the remainder of the game a superb Kirkland defense stifled the Leverett offense, which never penetrated the 35-yard line...
...entirely different level, many parents protested that one excerpt from Allen Ginsberg at Columbia-supplemental reading for high school students -was obscene...