Word: broking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...right!" answered the congregation. She was with them now. Her voice spiraled down to a breathy whisper, then broke into intense, halting phrases as she almost talked...
Most important, once Charles broke the barrier between gospel and blues, the way was open for a whole cluster of ingredients to converge around an R & B core and form the potent, musical mix now known as soul?among them, in Critic Albert Goldman's words, "a racial ragbag of Delta blues, hillbilly strumming, gutbucket jazz, boogie-woogie piano, pop lyricism and storefront shouting...
...role of back-room Moses, Wehner led the Social Democrats out of their postwar desert of opposition into full participation in government. A onetime Communist who broke with his Red masters during World War II, Wehner perceived in the 1950s that the Social Democrats' Marxist shibboleths and anti-everything attitude left them locked in what he called the "30% ghetto," unable to attract a wider following among West German voters. With characteristic iron will power, he set about remolding his party into one that would appeal to all Germans...
Then, as results came in from experimental plantings two years ago, the miracle proved highly vulnerable to such mundane enemies as bacteria, blight and insects. It required expensive nitrogen fertilization and often broke during milling. Many Asians, who prefer their rice sticky and manageable in the bowl, found IR8 too starchy and dry. Indonesians, in particular, complained because the stubby IR8 stalks had to be cut with a larger blade than could be concealed in the hand. That, they felt, offended their rice goddess...
...Zimmerman," Coach Yovicsin has said, "did more for Harvard football than anyone else in my career here." The lefty quarterback from Ohio gave Harvard an offensive balance it had never had before after he broke into the lineup as a junior. Bobby Leo dominated the headlines, but it was Zimmerman who made many of the key calls in the successful 1966 campaign. He passed brilliantly in Harvard's upset victory over Dartmouth--one of the finest games in the University's history. Last fall, he stumbled at times, but won Ivy Player of the Week honors for his exceptional performance...