Word: ladders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...when in 1944 Salan finally joined the Free French, she became an army driver. La Bibiche (little doe), the soldiers called the frail woman with the thin legs, the long face, the velvet eyes. But she was harder than she looked, and as her husband moved up the army ladder, she supervised his schedule, his appointments, his travel (avoid airplanes), even his drinks (Scotch with plain water, in a chilled glass). General Lucienne, they now began to call...
Though both teams were undefeated in EITL play going into the match, Princeton simply had too much for Harvard. At first and second singles the Tigers sport two of the East's best collegiate players Drayton, Nabers and Herb Fitzgibbon. Although matches further down the ladder wore generally closer, Princeton was too strong to be seriously challenged...
Today the team plays in the 36-hole Greater Boston Tournament, and it has a chance to win if the entire ladder plays...
Coach "Cooney" Weiland has substantially altered the ladder since Wednesday's 6-1 victory over M.I.T. Bruce Johnstone has replaced John Livingood at number one by virtue of his sensational 74 against M.I.T. Following Livingood at two, Stan, Abrams will play the number three match, and Bob Holton the number four match. George Duffy exchanged slots with Dave Rudnick by moving up to number five. Bob Seelert is the number seven...
...strange congruence of "texts of the flesh" and those of the mind. At every point, the lifeguard's vision--and the author's--is unique. "Each morning," says the guard, "as I mount into my chair, my athletic and youthfully fuzzy toes expertly gripping the slats that make a ladder, it is as if I am climbing into an immense, rigid, loosely fitting vestment." In a deceptively smooth metaphoric stream, the lifeguard comments on life and love, sex and salvation from his singularly vantage point...