Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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NEITHER doubletalk nor a long-lost quote from Lewis Carroll, that strange verse is really an old familiar nursery rhyme. Its translation, and the history of its colorful but dying language, is reported this week by Los Angeles Correspondent Timothy Tyler. See THE NATION: "Harpin' Boont in Boonville...
...report noted, "our young account for a greater proportion of crime than the increase in their numbers alone can explain." Since 1960, the population of juveniles has risen 22%; meanwhile, their arrest rate for violent offenses has doubled. Despite its findings, the commission drew fatuous hope from a familiar statistic: "Despite the recent trends, 99% of the population do not engage in crimes of violence...
...Express reporters set out to produce a book on the 1968 U.S. presidential election. Divided They Stand (Prentice-Hall, $6.95) is not only the first full-length study of that memorable race. It is also brisk, readable and sharply focused, with a detached perspective that injects freshness into familiar events...
...once" category include weekly nude co-ed swims in the college pool (or a more seasonal variety of frolic under midnight rain). Also, weekly "touch festivals" in the gym, with such exercises in trust as giving yourself to a random mate to blindfold you and help you rediscover the familiar environs under his guidance. I do not believe that the surrounding middle-western folk are quite aware of all that goes on at Antioch...
Exhibiting a rusty post-exam style, the Crimson fell behind 1-0 in the first period before taking control of the game. The plot was familiar to Harvard fans who have seen the icemen consistently rebound from sloppy first periods to wear down their opponents' defenses...