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...suspended naked man floats in the center of “Untitled (Blake Man)” with the falling dusk in the background; a faint orange glow on the sand and grass in the distance and reflected on the lake below serves as a reminder of the fading sun. A feather is wrapped with a cloth around his head and a miniature wing emerges from the small of his back—yet it seems all too insignificant an apparatus to allow such defiance of gravity, and the picture reminds us of Icarus’ tragic tale. His hand...
Hurlbut received his share of eccentric letters, including this one from D. Blake in Murchison, Texas...
...droopy-eyed, self-effacing manner made him an unlikely Hollywood heartthrob; of pneumonia, stemming from progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disease; in Plainfield, N.J. A talented classical and jazz pianist, Moore was best known for his roles in the 1979 movie 10 (which he nabbed after meeting director Blake Edwards in a therapy group) and the 1981 film Arthur, in which he played a sweet, wealthy drunk. Spurred to perform by a sense of inferiority stemming in part from a clubfoot, the working-class Moore said, "If I'd been able to hit someone in the nose, I wouldn...
...Relay: 1. Harvard 3:57.92, 2. Dartmouth 3:58.36, 3. Brown 4:04,30. High Jump: 1. Rowinski (B) 1.60, 2. Daoust (D) 1.60, 3. Krizan (D) 1.55. Pole Vault: 1. Penner (B) 3.20, 2. Contursi (B) 3.20, 3. LI (H) 3.05. Long Jump: 1. Ronner (H) 5.72, 2. Blake (B) 5.50, 3. Damm (D) 5.45. Triple Jump: 1. Ronner (H) 11.54, 2. Bosa-Edwards (B) 11.44, 3. Hall (D) 11.04. Shot Put: 1. Grant (H) 13.69, 2. Verdeyen (D) 12.68, 3. Lynch (B) 12.59. Discus: 1. Gibson (H) 41.68, 2. Lynch (B) 40.20, 3. Verdeyen (D) 38.10. Hammer...
DIED. JAMES F. BLAKE, 89, Montgomery, Ala., bus driver who ordered Rosa Parks to give up her seat to a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955; in Montgomery. Parks' refusal and subsequent arrest led to the 1956 Supreme Court decision banning segregated transportation and helped spawn the civil rights movement...