Word: fest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...membership of the National Junior Classical League at Florida State University in Tallahassee last week, the Latin fest was like nectar to the gods. Classical scholars all, they had assembled from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii to compete in the Olympic Games of Latin Students, the 24th national J.C.L. competition. An elite group, 95% college bound, the delegates were variously attracted by sheer love of the classics, as well as affection for historic trivia and the fascination of what is difficult. Says Mike LaComb, 19, a St. Lawrence University freshman: "There's a thrill to the exacting...
...monthly record swap held in the parking lot at the Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, an original Beatles 45 r.p.m. single can get you $100 or more. Later this month Chicago's Palmer House hotel will be the site of "Come Together-Beatle Fest '77," a convention to which hordes of Beatles fans will swarm to discuss the meaning...
...Sporting News, also spent the holiday down South, trampling the Crimson hoopsters 60-40 in the Carolina Classic. The Hoyas moved north as the pre-tourney favorites at Madison Square Garden, but the Purdue Boilermakers made it two wins in a row for the Big Ten in the Holiday Fest...
...need to, though, because the good curate turns out to be a master crook himself. The hypocrisy of it all sounds funny, but Malle's somber colors and slow pace stop the irony like a wad of lint in our throats. This should be a black humor giggle-fest, but nobody is laughing...
Carter last week spoke to his largest crowd of the entire campaign season: 70,000 farmers attending a "farm fest" on a muddy field in Minnesota's rural Lake Crystal. Introduced rousingly by Senator Hubert Humphrey, who accused the Ford Administration of "violating the law" in imposing embargoes on foreign grain sales, Carter assailed Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz and used a subtle "we" to identify with his attentive audience. "I never met a farmer who wanted a handout," Peanut Processor Carter said. "I never met a farmer who wanted the Government to guarantee him a profit...