Word: encyclopedias
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with the boys for a big hairy pizza afterwards. Graduation almost upon him, he undergoes a painful nostalgia for the days he racked up A's with short essays on "My Dog," "What I did last summer," and rewrites of 3 or 4 pages from the World Book Encyclopedia...
...world of scholarship Langer has contributed not only his two major works in diplomatic history, but also the 20-volume series "The Rise of Modern Europe" (the Langer Series in any bookstore) and An Encyclopedia of World History, both of which he edited...
...golfer's every move gets detailed attention. The simple act of getting set for a shot turns Tommy Armour into a veritable encyclopedia. "As you address the ball," he said in one offering, "wiggle your toes." Another day, he had another approach. "As you address the ball be sure that your left elbow is straight and your right elbow is a bit bent and close to your body, a little bit forward of in line with your right knee." Sam Snead's approach is anatomical, right down to the X rays: "Imagine that your backbone is visible." Chances...
Barnaby Conrad, author of Encyclopedia of Bullfighting, had flown down from San Francisco for the fight and dropped in to say hello, wearing a sweatshirt adorned with a picture of Manolete. At last, El Cordobés put on his sequined jacket of violet silk, and the blonde emerged from the bathroom, where she had been softly crying. He flipped her on the behind with a towel, and she smiled. Then someone shouted, "Ay, Matador!" and it was off to the Plaza in a roar of police motorcycles...
...echo in her playing. One blue night in Paris, "the badness" overwhelmed her; she got up from the piano and quit jazz cold. She drew up a list of names to pray for (urgent cases marked in red), and before long she had an endless coil of sadness, an encyclopedia of bad trouble, a roll of death and dishonor. For years there was nothing for her to do but pray...