Word: championing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...About "Le Brushoff" [May 26]: Indeed, Napoleon will be forever remembered as le petit grand for his vision and as the great champion of a United Europe. De Gaulle will be remembered as le grand petit for his narrow views on Europe. It is amazing that the new Europe tolerates this narrow-minded...
...less colorful but more practical Queen's English ("I think we are in for a heavy downpour"). Several Aborigines are now serving with Australian forces in South Viet Nam. A 15-year-old Aborigine girl, Yvonne Goologong, is the national junior women's tennis champion. A few, such as Public Health Official Phillip Roberts (known to his tribe as Wadjiri-Wadjiri), even hold government jobs. So far, though, only two have managed to break far enough into the white man's culture to receive college degrees...
HAMILTON COLLEGE (N.Y.) Jacob K. Javits, LL.D., U.S. Senator, New York. Once described by a timely magazine as "non-hirsute and non-Harvard," he is nevertheless a persuasive champion of Republican liberalism. A friend of the arts, he serves on more committees than an associate professor in a small college...
...four performers set meet records. Harvard captain Wayne Andersen, the only defending champion in the meet, defeated Mike Hauck of Oxford (formerly of Harvard) in a 9.7 100-yard dash. It tied both the meet record and the Harvard mark, which Andersen has matched on two other occasions...
...trio of Elis may add another few first places to the Harvard-Yale side. Captain Bob Greenlee, an All-East defensive tackle during the off-season, is the IC4A shot put champion (at 55 ft.). Hill, most likely, will sweep the broad jump (25 ft.) and triple jump 55 ft.). Young, the IC4A 440-yard dash champion, should win both...