Word: larking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Louis F. Fieser, a member of the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Lung Cancer, said yesterday that Lark cigarettes were probably safer than all other brands...
According to Fieser, the charcoal for the Lark filter was specially developed to screen out gases known to depress the action of cilia in the respiratory tract. While Larks are currently the only cigarette to use this special charcoal, there is no reason why other cigarette manufacturers could not add the substance to their filters and thereby achieve the same probable level of safety as Larks...
Anouilh, best known in the U.S. for Becket and The Lark, likes to divide his plays into categories, calling some "black," like Antigone, some "rose," like Time Remembered, others "brillant" (sparklingly theatrical mixtures of the light and dark), like The Rehearsal, and still others "grating"-Waltz of the Toreadors. But everything Anouilh does springs from a pervading and indivisible pessimism. He is a cynic uncongealed: the wound remains open. Abandoned ideals and buoyancies can be seen within. And when he turns on the times, his bite is bitter: "Give us a bit more comfort! That's our battle...
...issue leaves out too much about the man. It is ironic that he should be remembered for a round-the-world race with Dorothy Kilgallen and that his departure should serve as a kickoff for a story of her early exploits. Ekins looked upon the race as a lark. He had said to his associates at the Union-Star, "There is something more important to a working, writing newspaperman than a promotion stunt." Ekins was a brilliant and courageous reporter, and he held the principles of good journalism sacred. He was a newspaperman to the end, and he still looked...
...statement heightened curiosity about Find-A-Bird. Agents of the secretive organization are known to use code names such as Amber-throated Warbler, Hooded Heron, Owl, Field Lark, and Toucan. Rumors that all of these agents are, in fact, CRIMSON editors remain unconfirmed. Commented CRIMSON president Joseph M. Russin '64, "No comment." Managing editor Bruce L. Palsner '64 could not be reached last night...