Word: frankness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Frank Champi qualified for the English trip with a 199 foot throw in the javelin. He was defeated only once during the season, losing to Princeton's Sweeney on the basis of a second throw...
...cases turned-on lights have been covered up unexpectedly, causing sudden blackouts. So Ford decided to play it safe and check every car, even though its engineers are sure that "the likelihood of this occurrence is not great." It is even less likely that the frank and open recall campaign will hurt the Cougar's popularity, which pushed Lincoln-Mercury's mid-May sales 25% ahead of the same period last year...
Lowell's friend, Poet Elizabeth Bishop, says that confessional poetry "is really something new in the world. There have been diaries that were frank-and generally intended to be read after the poet's death. Now the idea is that we live in a horrible and terrifying world, and the worst moments of horrible and terrifying lives are an allegory of the world." Speaking of some of Lowell's confessional imitators, she adds: "The tendency is to overdo the morbidity. You just wish they'd keep some of these things to themselves...
...sham Tudor buildings. His friends called him "Cal," after Caligula, because he was so uncouth; he liked that, and today is still known as Cal. His nature became clear to classmates after he started reading commentaries on the Iliad and Dante's Inferno. As his roommate, Artist Frank Parker, recalls: "The point was that you could put yourself into heaven or hell by your own choice...
...Shaw and 1:49.3 half-miler Keith Colburh. Four more wins should come from the Crimson varsity men. Captain Wayne Andersen should edge Hauk in the 100, and the discus should go to either sophomore Bruce Hedendal or junior Ron Wilson. Juniors Steve Schoonover in the pole vault and Frank Haggerty in the 440 hurdles look unbeatable. Schoonover will be shooting for 16 feet...