Word: flowers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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BARNETT FRUMMER IS AN UNBLOOMED FLOWER, by Calvin Trillin. Soft implosions of mirthful satire that trouble the social and political pretensions of those who would be with...
...only one important respect has the institute failed to "make miracles." Except for a few quiet, unpublicized contacts, it has been unable to arrange any cooperation with Arab scientists. As much in sadness as in fear, the institute is now building bomb shelters on its flower-filled campus. Yet like most Israelis, the institute's staff is unflaggingly optimistic. Not too many centuries ago, Arab and Jewish scholars kept scientific learning alive in the Middle Ages. Says Mathematician Gillis: "We look forward to the renewal of that cooperation...
BARNETT FRUMMER IS AN UNBLOOMED FLOWER by Calvin Trillin. 98 pages. Viking...
...group met in Leverett House at 9:30 p.m., where song sheets and candy were distributed. A flower-painted leader in Disneyland T-shirt passed out instructions to "Be Spontaneous," "Make Friends," and "Let the sun rise on the M.B.T.A" The theme of the subway happening was "happiness," taken from the album. "Red Beans and Rice...
...lived. On the second album cover, Magical Mystery Tour (1967), Gibb found an equally arcane message; Paul is dressed in black, the others in white; an inside picture shows Paul as a soldier above a sign reading "I Was You"; the back cover shows him wearing a black flower-the other three have red ones-alongside a funeral wreath. For a final tipoff, Gibb recalled a McCartney look-alike contest held two years ago. The winner was never announced, said the disk jockey, because he filled Paul's slot. Nonsense, answered a Beatle flack: "I haven't seen...