Word: egg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Into the shotput circle at Texas A. & M. University stepped Randy Matson, 20, cupping a 16-lb. steel ball in one huge hand as if it were an egg. Sucking in his breath, he tucked the ball behind his right ear, crouched low, and tapped the ground once, twice, three times with his left toe. Then, with a prodigious grunt that could be heard a full 100 yds. away, he hurled himself across the ring. The shot sailed through the air and bit into the dirt, 67 ft. 11¼ in. away. "That one felt pretty good," sighed Sophomore Matson...
...Egg Dropper...
...than a spoof of a march on an empty White House and a Congress which was not in session. The signs which said "On to Hanoi" were not made or carried by Lampoon members. Our signs were all absurd: "Don't Rock the Junk," "Save the White House Easter Egg Roll," and "We love...
...first the chants from the Lampoon steps were entirely unrelated to Vietnam: an LBJ echo cheer, "Happy Easter" sung to the tune of "Happy Birthday" and a stirring rendition of "My Country 'tis of Thee." As a finale we planned to stage a protest Easter egg roll in front of the buses. Unfortunately the buses had not arrived when the purely frivolous chants began to wear thin. An effort to play a tape of last week's "Shindig" to fill the gap failed because we did not have a loud enough speaker...
...political organization, but most of its members have strong informed convictions. On the whole we have a certain amount of balance. One of the most disturbing sights of last Friday's demonstrations was a peace marcher, his face distorted with hate, stamping on an LBJ Easter egg which was rolling menacingly toward...