Word: caul
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...picture is clear. The Age of Holden Caul-field is upon us, the University of Chicago syndrome is slowly ossifying. At the citadel of veritas future Bronsons will be sacrificed to the glory of the Spike Sluggs and Moses Kelleys. The uncommon man-typical in his uniqueness--is taking over; the natives of Idyllia are being driven...
Birth, it is clear from this scene, can no more be the subject of prurience than death can. Both are too simple and important. The cow lies slightly wrenched, the birthling in its blue caul glides gleaming into the world, the mother licks off the membrane and swallows it to help start the flow of milk, the calf staggers up blindly to the food it trusts will be there. The camera watches it all with a grave directness proper to an acolyte at a mystery, and even the incessant commentator seems to realize that the situation does not require cute...
...streets of Wonderland-with lusty Private Libido (infantile sexuality) beating his big drum, and General Repression sternly rebuking Major Oedipus (for jealousy of father coupled with excessive love of mother). And yet an air of medieval superstition mingles with this up-to-date atmosphere. Sigmund was "born in a caul," i.e., with part of his prenatal envelope still swaddling him, and an old woman, straight out of folklore, turned up to assure the proud mother that she had brought "a great man into the world." A wandering poet confidently predicted that the "little blackamoor" (as mother Freud called...
...lineup: Foynes, cf, Caul field, 1b, White, ss, Crosby, c, Akillian, lf, Robinson, rf, Huntington, 3b, Cavanaugh, 2b, Turner...
...Smith, hitting for God in, tripled to lead off the next inning for the visitors and scored almost immediately when John Caul field grounded into a double-play. The Crimson tied the game in the seventh on a walk to Crosby and another triple--this by Ralph Robinson. Robinson was out trying to stretch his hit into a home...