Word: georgetown
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Reminder. Yet those who call this surge "hysterical preservation" cannot deny the worth of saving Washington's Georgetown, Annapolis' colonial waterfront, Alexander Hamilton's New York City home, Frank Lloyd Wright's Chicago houses, the Spanish architecture of Santa Fe, Seattle's Pioneer Square, Old Salem, N.C., or even the sod hut that was once a post office in Killdeer, N. Dak. From its Washington headquarters in Decatur House, Biddle's National Trust not only acts as catalyst for such projects but also runs nine landmarks...
...elevator operator. He took up motorcycle racing as a diversion, then began studying welding so that he could repair his own wrecked bikes. Sculpture being what it is these days, it was just a few twists from the machine shop to an eye-riveting exhibition of welded sculpture at Georgetown's Volta Place Gallery, where Hess sold a dozen pieces opening week at prices ranging from $75 to $1,500. "It's really bailing me out," said the artist. "I seem to be pretty much unemployable...
...Donnelly, Dave Patrick, and Charlie Messenger, Villanova ran off with its third title in the last four years, smashing second place Georgetown 47-144. Harvard finished behind Navy, Notre Dame, N.Y.U., Michigan State with 287 points, ahead of 28 other schools...
...freshmen didn't do much better. Undefeated ace Dave Pottetti ran a strong first mile but faded badly over the last two, finishing a very surprising 42nd. Max Shweizer, John Enscoe and Howie Foye all finished near Pottetti as Harvard piled up 244 points, good for seventh place. Georgetown won the title...
...lasting peace" but not a formal peace treaty. And before any settlement could even be considered, Israel must withdraw its troops from occupied Arab lands. At one point, the King even seemed to harden the Arab line: before the Arabs accepted Israel as a peaceful neighbor, he told his Georgetown audience, the land would have to be "de-Zionized"-renounce its status as a Jewish state...