Word: hunters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Brooks will try his big experiment in the opening relay, where an all-sophomore medley team of Dave Bennett (backstroke), Frank Wood (breaststroke), Bob Price (butterfly), and Dennis Hunter freestyle) are slated to start...
...Museum of Primitive Art, founded by his father. His efforts inspired little enthusiasm on the part of Dutch officials. Reported one official: "Michael's presence led to a tremendous increase in local trade, especially in beautifully painted human heads. A few weeks ago members of the head-hunter tribe approached the area administrator for permission to go head-hunting 'for one evening only, please, sir.' This was because Michael was offering ten steel hatchets for one head. We had to warn him off, as he was creating a demand that could not be met without bloodshed...
...Buck Well Spent. Once a buck is bagged, many a hunter makes a beeline for Hurley, Wis. (pop. 2,763), affectionately known as the "Tijuana of the North." Traditionally, a triumphal entry into Hurley can only be achieved with a gutted buck on one's fender. To take care of this technicality, many trophyless hunters buy a bootleg buck for $40 or $50 from a local deerslayer, ride into town without having fired a shot. Hurley's six-block Silver Street is jammed with 56 bars, aswarm with dough-eyed girls...
...perches in some remote corner of the stadium, clutching his notebook and pencil. His sound is the smack of leather meeting leather, and his sight is the glimpse of a crumpling block, a tooth-rattling tackle, or a precisely executed pass. Like a Broadway talent hunter who scours the chorus line for a budding star, the pro scout examines Saturday's heroes for the skill, size, strength and stamina that may be worth a Sunday paycheck. This week, prepared to back up their choices with cash in their annual draft, the scouts of both professional football leagues took time...
Other recent speech cancellations have also provoked protest. Malcolm X, leader of the Black Muslim movement, was prohibited from speaking on the Queens College campus; Hunter College refused to rent its auditorium to the National Review; and Brooklyn College delayed the speech of State Assemblyman Mark Lane, whose arrest as a Freedom Rider in Mississippi reportedly cast doubts over the propriety of his speaking under college auspices...