Word: famous
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Where and why was the world's most famous smile replaced by a tragic clown? See ART, Final Masquerade...
...What famous international spy plays the lute and the classical guitar, and likes to boast that he once sketched a portrait of President John Kennedy that his brother Bobby requested as a present? See THE WORLD, Advice to Young Spies...
...greatest surprise in a long lifetime dedicated to the practice of the unexpected. In a stunning act of defiance against the world's financial experts and the seeming necessity of events, he refused to devalue the franc by one centime. Compared with De Gaulle's other famous nons-his withdrawal from NATO and his vetoes of British admission to the Common Market-the refusal to devalue was, perhaps, not of equal importance but certainly even more surprising. It was also perhaps his greatest gamble. At stake was not only the pride and economic power of France but also...
Harvard has just as much depth at defense. Chris Gurry and George McManama are two returning lettermen who played last year as sophomores. Gurry, a lean 5'11", 170-pound defender, is famous for his bodywork. He racked up 40 minutes of penalties last year--second only to fellow sophomore Terry Flaman, who acquired 49 minutes...
Mirko came to America in 1957 to organize the University's design courses, although he was already an established sculptor and had designed the famous bronze gates for the Ardeatine Caves in Rome. He teaches because he's interested in students and wants to give them "something different [in training] than what I had." Mirko studied traditional art school methods in Italy...