Word: cinderella
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kaunda sneered, "We are here to rob him of his job. You might make him Lord Broken Reed." With Rab Butler, Kaunda and his fellow nationalist, Harry Nkumbula, argued for two hours Northern Rhodesia's right to secede, and asked why their country should be considered "the Cinderella of Central Africa." When Butler refused to make any promises, the two African leaders walked out and sulked for two days in their hotel rooms...
...Soltikoff, a 40-1 long shot: the $231,000 Arc de Triomphe, France's richest horse race, run over Longchamps' egg-shaped 1½-mi. grass course. Finishing a dismal tenth was the U.S. Cinderella horse Carry Back, given what Owner Jack Price and other observers (including ex-Jockey Eddie Arcaro) called a "stupid" ride by Australia's Scobie Breasley. "Two hours before post time, Breasley was still in the dining room, having a hearty lunch and sipping champagne," said Price angrily. "At the eighth pole-where ,Carry Back usually makes his best run-it looked like...
Ashton regards his treatment of Persephone as "my most complex work so far." and it proved to be a radical transformation from the gentle, classically oriented manner of such Ashton successes as Cinderella and Sylvia. The choreographic style was severe, angular and so stylized that it sometimes seemed Ashton had turned to ancient Greek friezes for his inspiration. The dancers in the corps de ballet frequently were presented in profile, in friezelike groupings; at other times, they marched flat-footed with hands on one another's shoulders, or with arms raised and palms held flat. The legendary quality...
Certain to be elected Coach of the Year in New England, Yovicsin can sit down with pride and look back on this year's Cinderella team, which came from nowhere and finished with a 0-1 Inal Ivy record to tie for the championship with Columbia...
...Late Late Pumpkin. Two longer fables are also memorable. The first is a Cinderella-and-tonic tale called Passionella, in which a forlorn chimney sweep named Ella sits by the TV set one night when her "friendly neighborhood godmother" turns her into Passionella, a gorgeous movie queen. But the spell works each day only between the first commercial of Huckleberry Hound and the last blab of the Late Late Show. The other playlet, George's Moon, is an astringent parable of faith, hope and hostility. George is a worried little man who lives alone on the moon, counting craters...