Word: guarded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...acknowledge that he and not the Negro must change his attitude. Above all, he must accept his majority share of responsibility for the race problem. If the white is genuinely concerned about forming a useful coalition with the black, he will certainly have to drop his guard-and, beyond that, he will have to accept less than a heroic role. Says Harvard Theologian Harvey Cox: "Individuals must ask: 'Just how serious am I about this? Am I willing to be criticized by my neighbors? Can I pursue my normal career with single-mindedness without trying to do something...
...Governor's Norwegian-born daughter-in-law, Anne-Marie, in the Governor's apartment overlooking Central Park. He took in the big town's other sights and, feeling the salt rising in his veins, even headed into New York harbor to inspect the Coast Guard's ocean rescue facilities on Governors Island before catching a jet back to Oslo...
...second to the 76ers in the N.B.A.'s Eastern Division this season. Over the long haul, the Boston Celtics might be the most successful team in the history of pro sport, but now they were over the hill. Their coach and center, Bill Russell, was 34. So was Guard Sam Jones. Forward Bailey Howell was 31; Captain John Havlicek was a youngster at 28. It sounded mostly like pride talking when one Boston player said: "What difference does it make if you are 90, as long as you can play basketball...
grabbing 19 rebounds, scoring 12 points, blocking several shots and intimidating the Lakers with his ferocity under the basket. On one incredible play, as Lakers Guard Archie Clark was driving in all alone for a layup, Russell roared out of nowhere, making up fully five strides in a single bound, leaped high, and clamped a huge hand over the ball before Clark could drop it into the hoop. "Russell," acknowledged Los Angeles' West afterward, "is the best basketball player I've ever seen. They talk about Wilt Chamberlain, but Russell always rises to the occasion. He is really...
...girl and myself are despatched to get a bow. We go to the roof of the Barnard Library where the phys. ed. archery range is. We are in the midst of discovering how incredibly locked the cabinet is when a guard comes out on the roof. We crouch. He walks right past us. It would be just like TV except that I am so preoccupied with it being just like TV. After ten minutes he finds us. The girl laughs coyly and alleges that oh, we just came up to spend the night. I am rather taken with the idea...