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Word: greats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Accordingly, we Americans tend to run through great numbers of short-lived heroes at a colossal rate. In recent years we have used and used up Ernest Hemingway, Otis Redding, a string of Kennedys, Joe Namath, Bob Dylan, Malcolm X, even George Plimpton (for God's sake). It is next to impossible to survive as a culture hero: you either die or you are exposed. (Or, in the saddest cases, both...

Author: By Andrew G. Klein, | Title: More American Images Richard Farina: Cultural Hero? | 10/25/1969 | See Source »

...album, Celebrations for a Grey Day, came out. Although it was later chosen by Robert Shelton of the New York Times as one of the ten best folk albums of the year, whatever that means, it didn't sell very widely. This is no surprise. Although it was a great record, it was in a basically acoustic idiom, mostly just guitar and dulcimer; Dylan had just issued Highway 61, and folk music, as we then knew it, was shot to hell...

Author: By Andrew G. Klein, | Title: More American Images Richard Farina: Cultural Hero? | 10/25/1969 | See Source »

...book's other great strength lies in the charm of the hero, Gnossos Pappadopoulis, who one automatically identifies with Farina himself. Gnossos of course is the expression of ultimate cool. He says on the second page...

Author: By Andrew G. Klein, | Title: More American Images Richard Farina: Cultural Hero? | 10/25/1969 | See Source »

...correct picks all over the column. Patent Trader's Ron Melancon does it, too. I like to think of myself as being a bit above such vanity. You don't have to keep pushing a figure in the reader's face for him to realize that you're a great...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 10/25/1969 | See Source »

...heart sings. In a sentimental throwback to the marvelous years of Mantle and Maris, Yale is referring to Joe Massey and Don Martin as its M and M boys. Ingenious. Cornell's M boy, Ed Marinaro, is also pretty good. The big thing here is, can Cornell's great rushing attack overcome Yale's great defense against rushing? Neither team can afford to lose. The Big Red is coming fast, and it would be nice to have Yale's long unbeaten streak of Ivy games end, but Yale, playing in the Bowl, looks like the winner, 28-17. Word...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 10/25/1969 | See Source »

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