Word: clays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...readings in the mid-30s. As it happens, Rösrath also benefits from the coincidental fact that wood is scarce: virtually every building is made of stone or brick slathered generously with gray-white plaster. Windows tend to be small, doors heavy and roofs snugly covered with baked clay tiles. In addition, German building codes often mandate special insulation for new houses-double-pane windows, for example...
George W. Mackey, Clay Professor of Mathematical and Theoretical Sciences, said yesterday he is "not in favor of student involvement in administrative affairs," adding he would like to see a return to the former Advisory Board, a disciplinary board without student members...
...Society of Arts and Crafts at 175 Newbury is currently exhibiting pottery by Gerry Williams. Besides doing lovely examples of clay bowls and vases. Williams exhibits some of his humorous pieces about American history. One such work, "Watergate", deserves special mention here. The clay piece looks like a typical Washington D.C. monument, but the figures enshrined on the top bear vague resemblance to the heros of Watergate. Nixon stands in the middle holding a serpent and he has one foot on a crocodile. The roughly scrawled inscription on the base of the monument reads, "Get Back! Watergaters, crocodiles and dangergous...
Indeed, medical studies show that most aged but active tennis players are in exceptionally good health. A team of orthopedic surgeons examining competitors at the National Clay Court Championships for 70s and 75s last fall found that their circulation, coordination and memory were superior to those of their more sedentary contemporaries...
...Seniors have as intense an aversion to losing as today's well-paid professionals, they make their own line calls, rarely dispute a referee's ruling and never indulge in Nastase-like tantrums. That gentlemanly attitude makes life easier for Alphonso Smith, who will supervise the U.S. Clay Court Championships for 70s, 75s and 80s this September in Charlottesville, Va. "But the real reason I like the Super-Seniors," he says with tongue tucked firmly in cheek, "is that you don't have to worry about getting harassed by the parents...