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...Dennis Brutus, a South African who teaches courses in African literature and poetry at the University of Denver, told those at the rally that "the men and women who have taken up arms in [the] revolutionary struggle [in South Africa] ... look to you for support...
...White resigned as Secretary of State at noon. At 2 p.m. the children, students at "state schools" and the guests of the General Court, arrived for their annual Christmas party. A little later in the afternoon, despite the atemps of Rep. Dever (who likened House Speaker Davoren to Brutus) and a few other disgruntled legislators. John F. X. Davoren (Dem-Milford) was elected Massachusetts' new Secretary of State. And a little bit later in the day the House--under the watchful eye of Santa Claus who apparently finished his Christmas party duties--elected House Majority Leader Robert Quinn (Dem-Dorchester...
ONLY 13 years ago, after satisfying himself that there must be some absolute limits to human strength, speed, agility and endurance, Brutus Hamilton, coach of the U.S. Olympic team, compiled a list of what he considered to be the "ultimate" in track and field performances. No one, said Hamilton out of confidence based on long experience, would ever run the 100-yd. dash in less than 9.2 sec. or the mile in less than 3 min. 57.8 sec. No one would ever put the shot more than 62 ft., throw the discus more than 200 ft., do better than...
...averaged 25 feet, the famous Cimabue Crucifix was submerged and almost completely destroyed, the Domenico Veneziano fresco of St. John the Baptist and St. Francis was streaked with heating oil, as were the Tadeo Gaddi Last Supper and other frescoes, including the important fragments by Orcagna. The Bacchus, the Brutus and Pitti Madonna of Michelangelo in the Bargello Museum were also badly streaked with...
...gaunt face with silver, brutus-cut hair at once impressed the gathering of some 150 persons with the solemnity and weight of the occasion...