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Word: frankness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fritz Hobbs won his first match by only one point and dropped the second game, 14-18, Upset that he had to continue after the three-game intermission. Hobbs took his anger out on Frank Cushman, 15-9, 15-6. Sophomore Paul Brown had the closest win of the match-15-10, 15-13, 13-15, 15-13-but Barnaby said. "He was busy trying out some new soft stuff...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Crimson Squash Team Tops Hapless Amherst | 12/4/1969 | See Source »

...They'd been trying to save five oak trees in front of the football stadium across the street. But the trees had already been bulldozed- which was to be expected, since they were in the way of the stadium expansion. The football stadium presently seats 65,000 persons, but Frank Erwin, chairman of the Board of Regents, had led a campaign to build a new deck of 14,000 seats. A lot of people here thought one of the last things this university needed was 14,000 more football seats and an extension of that concrete monstrosity to twice...

Author: By Larry Grisham, | Title: Administrators vs. Trees at the University of Texas | 12/3/1969 | See Source »

...came through, but the trees were all down by the time it did. In the meantime, I had to go to a class. When I got back, most of the protesters had left- there were just a few tough-looking lugs sawing up the remains of the trees and Frank Erwin with about 20 left-over police talking at a few students. I talked to a reporter from The New York Times and then wandered over to Erwin. He was explaining that our professors must not give us enough to do if we had time to worry about a bunch...

Author: By Larry Grisham, | Title: Administrators vs. Trees at the University of Texas | 12/3/1969 | See Source »

Erwin chucked when the group demanded his resignation. He ignored a similar demand by the Daily Texan. He also chuckled when the football-minded Texas-Exes gave him the "Distinguished Axe" award and a little poem that ended with "only Frank can kill a tree." By now everybody was mad at Erwin- the tree people and others who already resented the fact that he eliminated PEO. (PEO was a very successful program for admitting and funding a few highly motivated students from minority group- which counting blacks, Mexican-Americans, and Indians, make up 46 per cent of the state...

Author: By Larry Grisham, | Title: Administrators vs. Trees at the University of Texas | 12/3/1969 | See Source »

Radcliffe girls included Wendy M. Singer. of Eliot Hall and Tort Washington. N. Y., Linda M. Marsella. of Wolbach Hall and Mamaroneck. N. Y.. Karren M. Nelson. of Comstock and Bethesda. Md. Deborah A. Frank. of Eliot Hall and Balto. Md.. Diana O. Pinto. of Wolbach Hall and New York City. and Claire A. Vivola. of Avon House and Easthampton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Phi Beta Kappa | 12/2/1969 | See Source »

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