Word: cecil
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...less a dancing girl than a priestess, absorbed in her solipsistic gesture, gliding on point across the inlaid floor. In the brooding Herod, the standing executioner, the vista of Moorish arches and sifting gloom, one sees the apex of the kind of sensibility that in the hands of a Cecil B. DeMille would be coarsened to death. Every inch of the surface glitters with an enameled vitality, rigid and sparkling. Moreau's favorite theme, that of fatality and evil incarnate in women, was also one of the pathological obsessions of the 19th century; but it never received a more...
...Cecil D. Andrus, 42, Governor of Idaho, is a sturdily independent sort who refused help from Idaho's Democratic boss in his first unsuccessful run for the statehouse. When the four-time state senator tried again in 1970, his name was better known, and he became Idaho's first Democratic Governor in 24 years. Voters are "looking for leadership that's willing to lead, not someone they have to kick into the next century," says Andrus, an advocate of environmental and educational causes. Son of a lumbermill operator, Andrus is a man of modest means. His race...
Juan Beniquez started it off with a chopper to third that Danny Thompson couldn't handle. Cecil Cooper lined a solid single to center, and Dwight Evans followed with another infield hit to load the bases for Carl Yastrzemski. The potato farmer hit a long sacrifice fly, easily scoring Beniquez, but center fielder Steve Brye made the mistake of throwing the ball into third behind the speedy Cooper, allowing Evans to advance to second...
...last night to its own Triple-A Farm Club, the Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League, but a three-run rally in the sixth earned the parent team a 4-2 victory. The Red Sox trailed 2-1 going into the sixth, but a lead-off homer by Cecil Cooper, followed by a base on balls, an error and three more walks put the American League team out in front to stay...
Stoneman, a righthander, picked up his first win since he was sold by the Montreal Expos of the National League, allowing only six hits. He left in the ninth after Carlton Fisk opened the inning with his first home run of the season and Cecil Cooper followed with a single...