Word: famed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...admirers considered him potentially one of the greatest American poets. Actually, his poetry was obscure and frequently derivative-lighted by occasional brilliant passages. His fame rests not so much on his actual work as on his standing as a classic example of the frustrated American genius. If a Marxist critic wished for an illustration of the breakdown of culture under capitalism, he could scarcely find a clearer one than the career of Hart Crane...
Harold ("Pie") Traynor, Pittsburgh Pirates' great third baseman and hitter of the '20s and '30s (his lifetime batting average: .320), was admitted to the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y., with the late, great Yankee pitcher Herb Pennock...
Austic Lyne, University chance in the 145-pound class, is also expected to run into heavy fire in a group in which Jonny Spivak of dash fame and Don Albert of the Law School will also compete...
...walking in Manhattan's Central Park. He first came to the U.S. nearly 30 years ago, and is now a U.S. citizen. But he still likes to go back to Europe every year, to visit old friends, and to hike in the Swiss Alps. He wears his fame lightly: he seems much prouder of his two sons (Karl Ulrich is a concert pianist who sometimes appears in joint recitals with his father; Stefan a Broadway and Hollywood actor). And he is much more anxious to be praised as Composer Schnabel...
...fame of 32-year-old Henry Koerner's harsh paintings had preceded him home from Europe (TIME, April 28). Critics expected his first Manhattan exhibition to be good...