Word: arena
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Public Opinion, written after his prison term, is a dry, legal brief attempting to prove how Chambers had practiced "forgery by typewriter," but reveals little of the feelings and emotions expected of a man when he is forced to defend his character and honor in an increasingly hostile arena. The reviewers panned the book and the public didn...
...campus faster than an infectious disease, a senior admissions officer plows through stacks of applications from eager high school seniors. But when H. Bradley Richardson '53 can no longer plow his way out from under the essays, his thoughts invariably drift back 25 years to a packed Boston Arena...
...been that way since 1952, when Harvard triumphed in the first Beanpot tourney at the Boston Arena. After a year's sabbatical, the competition resumed in 1954 at the Garden, where it has since remained...
Neruda re-entered the political arena in 1969 to run on the C.P. ticket for president of Chile. He withdrew his nomination in favor of the Popular Unity Party candidate, his friend Salvador Allende. Allende's victory began Chile's revolution that would end so tragically three years later with the help of the Kissingers and Nixons. But while it lasted it represented to Neruda hope, decency and humanity...
...Rocky in the political arena? Hard to imagine. Yet the passing of the Ford Administration on Jan. 20 will also mark the close of Nelson Rockefeller's remarkable public career. It spans not only four terms as Governor of New York but also jobs with six Administrations in Washington, starting in 1940 as Frank lin Roosevelt's Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. In the interview below, the Vice President discusses his career, including his never-achieved Oval Office ambitions, with TIME'S Washington Bureau Chief Hugh Sidey. Some parting thoughts by other Ford Administration figures appear...