Word: baring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Worlds to Conquer. At his two big meets against the U.S.. Yamanaka warmed up by coming within .1 sec. of matching Aussie John Konrads' world record (2:02.2) for the 200 meters. A bare two hours later, he tackled the marathon distance of 1,500 meters, set a Japanese record of 17:47.5 ("I struggled along trying to overcome weariness by thinking of the food I love"). Next, thrashing home on the last lap with furious half-strokes ("They give me speed but they really wind me"), Yamanaka lopped 2.4 sec. off Konrads' mark...
Callous. In Chattanooga, Tenn., police reported that after wearing his socks on his hands to avoid leaving fingerprints during a burglary, Oscar Shelton was identified by a bare footprint...
...successful as most of the program was, it could only serve as a bare introduction to two important modern poets. But hopefully, it might have sent at least a few to Lamont for a further look at what they have to offer...
...holocaust that followed, help came quickly and heroically from U.S. servicemen. A marine rushed through a solid wall of flame to rescue a little girl. Others made a firebreak to contain the flames. A thousand servicemen swarmed to the scene, clawed through hot rubble with their bare hands. Twenty-five helicopters shuttled the injured to hospitals. A jet plane flew in from Japan with 35,000 units of tetanus serum to combat infection. Claims commissioners, given orders to "cut all red tape," quickly went to work compensating families for destroyed property. Shelter was found for the homeless. But, despite...
...brushes. "If Jack Kerouac is the prose writer of the Beat Generation, I am its visual chronicler," boasts Morris. As a painter, Los Angeles-born Morris once rode a motor scooter from Barcelona ("I cleaned Miro's studio") to Denmark (where he painted canvases with his bare feet), has kept a partial record of 25 exhibitions and eight museums in which his work hangs. As a poet, Morris has the word from Ezra Pound ("In 50 years you will be a poet") and William Carlos Williams ("The total impression is of great beauty"). Three months ago he returned from...