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Word: horn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...times we were sailing as fast or faster than MIT, but we just didn't have enough experience in the new sloops," coach Mike Horn said after the race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Sailors Lose to MIT; Harvard Drops Donaghy Bowl | 10/25/1972 | See Source »

From the moment that the Welles character. Theo Van Horn, appears, with eyes flashing powerfully above the salt-and-pepper beard, and puts his arm around his son Charles (Anthony Perkins) in a mastering gesture, the comparison with Citizen Kane becomes unavoidable. Welles is just as much of a force here, but Theo's story is hardly that of a good man brought low, it is not a tragedy like Kane's. Through ten days of intense action. Theo remains unchanging. He merely reveals more and more of himself becoming more of a god and less...

Author: By Phil Patton, | Title: Playing God | 10/21/1972 | See Source »

...Does 'Young, Black convict graduates from major university without ever leaving prison' appear newsworthy to you? I've actually lived the above story, and if it appears that I'm tooting my own horn, please realize that my circumstances (being confined) leave me no alternative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Wild Man, B.A. | 10/16/1972 | See Source »

...eligible for parole until 1976, and he cannot even get to a class unless he can convince the authorities that "I am not the wild man I once appeared to be." To do that, he may figure that the best method is a loud toot on the horn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Wild Man, B.A. | 10/16/1972 | See Source »

...orchestral playing was in every way equal to the singing. In addition to the perfect horn obbligato, the other soloists were very good. The oboes, flutes, and violins all accompanied with great care. The rarely-played Aeolian-Skinner organ of Symphony Hall was used with registrations quite appropriate to its role as a continuo instrument. It was especially effective in the Cum sancto spiritu and the exultant Et expecto resurrectionem...

Author: By Kenneth Hoffman, | Title: A Brilliant Compromise | 10/12/1972 | See Source »

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