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Word: comely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nayar had to come from far behind in his semifinal match to become only the second person to win the national title three years in a row. The final victory was achieved over Harvard's Larry Terrell in a replay of last year's championship match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nayar Takes Collegiate Squash Title; Harvard Retains Team Championship | 3/10/1969 | See Source »

...objects of strong personal interest on the part of their elders. More intensely than ever before, their generation has been influenced by ideals which included giving children attention, taking them seriously, treating them with respect, and making them feel that they are important as individuals. A high value has come to be placed on human--relations variously described as open, honest, uninhibited, and authentic (i.e., "real"), signifying a highly personal style of communication and a downgrading of everything that is formal and conventional. A common symptom of this value is the almost universal use of first names even when there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Wolff Report: Even Graduate Students Feel Neglected and Lonely | 3/10/1969 | See Source »

...declaring esteem while encouraging early independence. They are of the generation whose teachers, responding to changing ideas about education, strenuously taught them to ask questions and think for themselves while giving them increased freedom in running their own affairs. They were reared in a period when social adjustment had come to be considered a prime virtue, with consequent hastening of children into contact with other children and the early formation of a strong "youth culture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Wolff Report: Even Graduate Students Feel Neglected and Lonely | 3/10/1969 | See Source »

Sophomore Ed Nosal has recorded the East's top throw in the 35-pound weight, a toss of 62'2". Nosal combines with teammate Charlie Ajootian to form the most potent one-two punch in the IC4As; their chief threat will come from Ed Potts and Doug Backes of Navy...

Author: By Richard T. Howe, | Title: Benka, Nosal Best Hope in ICAAAA; Runners to Test Villanova, Maryland | 3/8/1969 | See Source »

There is little spare money at Blood, which is located in a loft on what must be one of the most apocalyptically dark streets in the world. The playhouse is bare and chilly, but if Blood can get an audience to come in and warm the place up, it might yet develop its blossoming sickness into a grossly wonderful malignancy...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Blood | 3/8/1969 | See Source »

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