Word: columne
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...classic nouns of assemblage--"a gaggle of geese," "a pride of lions"--the English man of words Eric Partridge once added some modern variants--"a column of journalists," "a suavity of diplomats." In terms like these, one formula for a successful musical is a hum of songs and a garter of chorus girls. Winthrop House has combined Leonard Bernstein with Radcliffe, and On the Town results...
...example, tells use that he has "nothing in particular against capitalists" but that unlike Ayn Rand he does not "find them an acceptable substitute for God, and would submit that Miss Rand's compulsion to apotheosize them indicates something about the soundness of her thought." Another column, "Retreat," when it is not offensively chatty, is absurdly serious enough to comment that the right-wing magazine New Guard's "analysis of history is shoddy and rather sophomoric." But all this is no integral part of Advance's second-issue soul, and is probably there only because the editors don't wish...
...police captain said that in his question-and-answer column he will try to tell students about the duties and powers of the police. He added that tension between police and students is probably no greater than average for this time of year...
...effort to improve relations between the Providence police department and Brown University, a police captain will answer questions in a column of the Brown Daily Herald, the undergraduate newspaper...
After the game, the players drove out to Long Island, where they defeated Hofstra 18-6 the following day. Bohn, Watts, and Sieglaff continued to register heavily in the scoring column, joined by Woody Spruance, the third attack with Watts and Bohn. Spruance threw four into the nets and assisted on a fifth. Although the contest looked close at first, the varsity rapidly pulled ahead, and Munro emptied the bench for the second time...