Word: fell
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Fates finally caught up with Dave in his junior year, when he fell victim to a vicious case of tennis elbow. "It was so acute," says Dave, "That I couldn't even get out of a chair without pain...
...latter point, a reporter for a midwest newspaper contacted The Crimson when he heard that this article was being written. The reporter insisted that Fell's case was a typical instance of the brilliant outsider challenging a conservative establishment. Professionals dismissed Fell, the reporter said, because they were embarrassed by discoveries of things they had overlooked...
...historical pattern is valid, Fell's supporters will attack the professionals as conservative, closed-minded and arrogant. And the professional's reluctance to comment on Fell's theories will be interpreted as an inability to counter them...
...book, Gardner notes that pseudo-scientific theories are sometimes the work of brilliant men who can construct quite intricate puzzles for others to undo. Ives Goddard of the Smithsonian Institution makes the same point about Fell's work: "Fell spends years putting together his information...He's constructed an elaborate puzzle for us to solve...Recently I spent a couple of hours with a reporter and we looked up several of these words [from Fell's lists comparing ancient European languages and modern Indian tongues]...they can all be refuted, but in the end it's a waste of effort...
...matter what the experts' opinions are, Fell's theories will undoubtedly be embraced by a great many people. And the amiable professor is already at work on a sequel to America B.C. tentatively to be called The Treasure of Tartessus...