Word: leos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fool! Donkey! Ass!" Papa Wiener was a character in his own right. Omnivorous scholar, fanatical Tolstoyan rigid vegetarian, amateur farmer and heterodox Slavic philologist, Bialystok-born Leo Wiener was an austere and aloof yet somehow lovable paterfamilias. Papa was dissatisfied with ordinary schools and instructed Norbert personally until the boy went to high school. Papa, a good teacher was also an irascible man, and whenever Norbert stumbled, there would come streaming down upon him a flood of invective in German: "Fool! Donkey...
...means conveyed this sense of restriction. Set to poems by Charles D'Orleans, a medieval courtier-poet, the chansons caught the naivete, humor, as well as the basically tragic outlook which characterizes much of the courtly literature. The only contemporary works on the program, a group of motets by Leo Preger, effectively dramatized some familiar Scriptural quotations...
Captain Johnny Leo, undefeated throughout the season in the 122 pound division, represents the Crimson's best chance to win a title. Chick Chandller at 167 and George Bates in the unlimited class are also highly ranked. All three are New England champion...
...English Puritans thought that they could found on earth a "communion of saints" which would take over and perfect temporal government. The vigor of Renaissance humanism created in some minds other delusions about men like gods and another kind of confusion about heaven and earth. Example: Pope Leo X's "Let us enjoy the Papacy which God has given...
...Adams produced the day's finest performance at 137, pulling the varsity ahead by pinning Leo Cirino with a cradle hold...