Word: heights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Francisco Goya was 54 and at the height of his fame and powers in 1800 when, as first court painter, he was called on by his sovereign, King Charles IV, to immortalize the royal family. The shimmering panorama that Goya created has been called his supreme tour de force. With devastating candor, he laid bare the indolence of the King, the shallow depravity of Queen Maria Luisa (whose intrigues on behalf of her lover Godoy had reduced the Bourbon court to its final debility), and the self-centered vacuity of their relations. In imitation of Velasquez' 1656 portrayal...
...Engineers have much the same problem as Wesleyan--no height. Dave Jansson stands 6'5" and has a 27 point average. He'll be joined in the forecourt by 6'4" Alec Bash and a 6'2" import from the West Coast. In the backcourt are two 5'9" guards, Bruce Wheeler (averaging 14.4) and Steve Chamberlain...
...gains 5,358 yds. in three seasons of college ball figures to impress the pros; yet the scouts have mixed feelings about Beban. They applaud his "natural poise and confidence" and his "ability to make the big play when it's needed"-but they deplore his lack of height and his preference for rolling out rather than passing from the pocket. A better pro prospect, say some scouts, is Alabama's Ken ("Snake") Stabler, who is 3 in. taller than Beban, completed 60% of his passes in the tough Southeastern Conference. Stabler is an oddity because...
...Prince Erieis performed. He is Jim Fisk, fat man who rejected the potentially bleak future indicated by his past, becoming instead one of the richest, most unscrupulous Americans in the latter part of the 19th Century. Fisk and partner Jay Gould began with the Erie railroad and, at the height of their spectacular careers, virtually cornered and manipulated the country's private gold reserve...
During the last seven minutes however, the Harvard height began to tell. A strong scoring spurt garnered the Crimson a 14-point lead--sewing up the game. The pressure tactics of Wesleyan did get three Harvard players--Chris Gallagher, Jeff Grate, and Bob Kanuth--in foul trouble and won free points for Wesleyan in the closing minutes. The three Harvard players rode the last three minutes with four fouls apiece...