Word: depth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Hammarskjold expounds on such themes, he is at his least interesting. Doubtless what he says is true, but it is also platitudinous; surely no one reading that "there is a profound causal relationship between the height of a man's ambition and the depth of a man's fall" will thrill at the keenness of the insight. The Hammarskjold revealed by observations like this is still the conscientious public servant that we have always seen...
University record-holder Chris Pardee floated over 6 ft. 6 in. the high jump. The depth behind Pardee was extraordinary; Charlie Njoku and Belford Lawson both cleared 6 ft., 2 in. Njoku, who jumps who an unusual, almost head-first style, barely missed three times at 6 ft., 4 in., kicking the bar off with his trailing foot each time...
...Maroons employ a racehorse style of baseketball, and press a great deal. Since the Crimson quintet has virtually no depth, the starters may be pretty pooped by the second half. Furthermore, Springfield has the home-court advantage...
Encouraged by these observations, the bureau's Seattle base designed a monster, bag-shaped trawl. The mouth, 117 ft. square, is kept open by floats and kitelike "otter boards"; it can be submerged at any depth. The great net is pulled through the water at less than 3 m.p.h. A few fish, including salmon, are smart enough to recognize danger and dart to safety, but most types do not take alarm until too late...
Among these are Robinson, Neil Houston, Harold McDougall, and Mike Hauck, and, according to McCurdy, they all could be good ones. Senior John Ogden, when he recovers fully from the virus infection that has bothered him for the past two months, will give the team added depth...