Word: graved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Actually Hooks, who is in fact an ordained Baptist minister, will need all his preaching abilities in his new job. The N.A.A.C.P. is in grave danger of becoming nothing more than an honored anachronism. The very fact that for the first six months of 1977 it will have not one but two heads-Hooks and Wilkins-is a symptom of its deep malaise. Wilkins, 75, has even accused some members of the N.A.A.C.P.'s governing board of conducting a "campaign of vilification" to get rid of him. For the sake of appearances, the board allowed him to stay-along...
...Nevada at Reno John Davies died after being forced to drink straight alcohol, whisky, vodka and gin, for more than 24 hours by a fraternity called the Sundowners. In New Jersey in 1974 William Flowers, a pledge to the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at Monmouth College, suffocated in a "grave" he had been forced to dig for himself on a rainswept beach...
With two less-than-glowing adaptations of Moliere comedies in town, the old Frenchman must be doing some pretty high-speed spinning in the grave. The Boston Repertory Theatre features a contemporary version of The Misanthrope; the production inspires antipathy not towards mankind in general but towards one in particular; the director. Scapino! at the Loeb fares much better; George Hamlin's skilled direction turns an uneven collection of actors into a smooth comic troupe...
...distinct impression that this master of sensationalistic tripe would re-make Michelangelo's David and build it 500 ft. tall if he thought there were a buck to be made. The late Willis O'Brien, who expressively animated the original King Kong, must be turning in his grave...
Contacted early this afternoon in his grave in England, Marx declined comment on the Crimson victory...