Word: latinate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Left-Wing Help. Castro's views clearly derive from the typical Latin American university atmosphere, where bull sessions, filled with hazy Marxism, are the out-of-class fodder of the students. His economics nevertheless remains capitalist: each farmer owning his own land, his own tractor. But around Castro, who tolerantly likens them to Masons or Catholics, sprouts a band of Reds as luxurious as his beard...
Bogue or ticky, or just plain goofy, the Lipsi (a contraction of Lipsia, Latin for Leipzig) is what East Germany is dancing this week. Its nervous rhythms have been shuffling across the country from Rostock to Dresden ever since last summer when the Ministry of Culture sighted in on rock 'n' roll. Enough of this "vulgar, Western riot music." decreed the Culture cubes. And the songwriters got their orders: Give us the stuff of social significance. So Leipzig's Rene Dubianski, one of East Germany's more enterprising pop composers, turned out a sort of double...
...best parts of the film, however, do not come under the sight gag category. Then, as now, parody was one of the movies' strongest sources of comedy, whether it was Will Rogers playing Robin Hood, or Ben Turpin as the latin lover. The best visual humor, only fleetingly dealt with here, was really the "dictionary of facial expressions" which could turn answering the telephone into a momentous occasion...
...practiced since early March and has been narrowed down from an original 50 candidates. After preseason sessions in Briggs Cage, the team began to take shape after vacation. Since then its performances in practice games have given rise to considerable optimism for the season. The team outscored Cambridge Latin on a rainy and cold Friday one week ago and easily out-played Somerville High School last Tuesday, giving much promise for the future in both games...
...courses in Latin American History have also been added to next years' catalogue. Charles C. Griffin, a visiting professor from Vassar, will teach both. The history of ancient Iran to the seventh century A.D. is the subject of History 110, a new half course to be given in the spring. History 113, a half course for the fall, deals with the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages...