Word: emerson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Berkeley's Emerson Grammar School, he was already reading Russian authors, and during study periods, he would spring from his seat to pace about the rear of the classroom, a book in his hand. He never cared what his classmates thought of him, or how he looked, or whether his shoelaces were tied. Nor does he care today: his tie is frequently askew, his suits (he has four) slightly wrinkled. He lapped up mythology ("Vulcan," he wrote at eleven, "was the god of goldsmiths, ironsmiths, leadsmiths, silversmiths, coppersmiths, brassmiths and Mrs. Smiths-there...
...time Wilder arrived in Cambridge, he had served as a combat-intelligence officer with the Air Force in Italy, had recently published a brilliant novel about the Rome of Julius Caesar, The Ides of March. He had also plunged deep into the study of U.S. authors: Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Emily Dickinson. Out of these, he formulated his thesis...
Junior Ralph Zani and senior Ken Emerson give the Crimson a lot of strength in the breast-stroke. Zani and Emerson finished first and second in the 200-yard event against Springfield, scoring a surprise upset victory over Maroon star Bill Yorcyk, a National Finalist...
Springfield's other National Finalist, Bill Yorcyk, was upset twice--in the 220-yard freestyle and the 200-yard breaststroke. Ralph Zani scored a surprise victory in the breaststroke with a time of 2:27.3, with teammate Ken Emerson second and Yorcyk third...
...combination of Mulvey, Emerson, and Captain Ron Huebsch annexed the 300-yard medley relay, while Rapperport, Marv Sandler, Bill Travis, and Jim Jones won the 400-yard freestyle relay...