Word: knighting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Frankle's lone draw came in the sixth round against Jeffrey Kastner of City College. The game played down to a bishop vs. knight endgame, throughout which Frankle had to fend off the threat of a couple of passed pawns...
...press coverage of the campaign Columbia Journalism Review Editor Alfred Balk lamented: "My heart bleeds for our trade." Yet there were some praiseworthy exceptions by reporters and writers who dug beneath the bleak surface to uncover new material and insights. The greatest impact was probably made by the Knight Newspapers' Clark Hoyt, who unearthed Tom Eagleton's medical history. Laurels also go to the Washington Post's investigative team of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, young reporters who diligently pursued the Watergate affair and, during much of October, made daily national headlines with their findings. Other outstanding performances...
...Coach Jake McCandless had just initiated a new punt formation in which three defensive linemen were set as blockers for the punters. It was out of this "Purdue" formation that Tiger punter Joe Flynn attempted his first punt of the year, early in the second quarter against the Scarlet Knights. It was a 0-0 ball game when Princeton broke the huddle for the fourth down punt. Flynn barked the signals and center Paul Yakulis snapped the ball. Unfortunately, the hike was off target and low and hit the blocking Kincaid in the ankle. Mike was so wrapped...
...beggar king's threats to send an army of professional paupers to disrupt Queen Victoria's coronation unless Mack is executed. Kazaras rises to the occasion. "What is the robbing of a bank to the founding of one?" he asks. A mounted messenger promptly rushes up to knight him, though Brecht reassures us that real life would not have come out so happily. We are left with Weill's corrosive tunes and a second-act reminder that shines through Marc Blitzstein's generally smooth translation: "For even honest men may act like sinners, unless they've had their customary dinners...
...George McGovern was sent out by his youthful supporters on a knight's quest for the Presidency, then Richard Nixon stands as the great Godfather manipulator of the love and hate the old in this country feel for their young. After they meet, lance to heater, we'll look for Mailer (the aging self-proclaimed "Aquarius") to put together the story...