Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...school bell rings, and the entire faculty enters: Dr. Gummidge, professor of sociology; the Rev. Mr. Logos, head of the theological seminary; Dr. Beazle, head of the medical school; Mr. Flap, instructor in government; and finally, General Redstone, chief of the ROTC. Dr. Gummidge steps forward, conducts the student to an uncomfortable chair, mills about him like a lonely crowd, and begins...
...biggest free offer to all comers since the opening of the Cherokee strip to the homesteaders in 1893." Indeed, when the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission started searching for a site for its new $375 million atom-smashing accelerator 21 months ago, 200 or so communities in 45 states came forward with a pitch. No wonder. The competition was for an installation that would mean 3,000 new scientific and technical jobs, 9,000 new residents and a $21 million-a-year payroll...
...every Ranger home game dressed in a leopardskin hat and carrying a trombone; when the game gets beyond hope, he plays taps. Surprise. Last week Gerecitano was nowhere to be seen in Madison Square Garden-only 15,542 fans who chanted "We're No. 1!" as Forward Rod Gilbert slammed in two goals and the Rangers swept into the N.H.L. lead by winning their fourth straight, 4-1, over the Detroit Red Wings...
Geoffrion's barbs are obviously having their effect on the team. Last week, Forward Rod Gilbert had 15 goals, tops in the N.H.L. Wingman Don Marshall was only one goal off Gilbert's pace. Goalie Ed Giacomin, 27, in his second big-league season, led in shutouts, ranked No. 2 in the average of goals (2.27) allowed per game. It was still a long way to the Stanley Cup play-offs-but at least nobody was playing taps for the Rangers...
...gets Joe," says President Merrill Hassenfeld happily, "his parents are hooked." Not only hooked, but squirming, for, though the basic doll costs only $4, he comes with enough extra equipment to make a quartermaster's head swim, can be equipped for multiple duties ranging from ski patrol and forward artillery observer to underwater demolition...