Word: lonelies
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ranked Texas (see following story) might thank its Lone Star that it does not have to play any of the Big Five. Consider the record. None of them have lost more than two games so far this season-and most of those losses were to fellow members of the club. Two of them (Navy and Pitt) rank among the nation's top five, and all are in the top 20. They have played a total of 30 intersectional games, and they have won 27 of them. They stand 2-1 with the Big Ten, 4-0 with the Atlantic...
...like a cockroach," Royal complained then. "It isn't what he eats or carries off, but what he falls into and messes up." For five straight weeks this season, Texas has ranked as the nation's No. 1 college team, and last week it avenged that lone T.C.U. defeat by holding T.C.U. to 34 yds. on the ground while Texas Quarterback Duke Carlisle mixed straightforward runs with pass-option plays to gain an economical 150 yds. In true Royal style, Texas' sophomore backs Phil Harris and Tommy Stockton scored twin touchdowns on little-bitty three-yard runs...
When Sir John Barbirolli came west to accept the baton of the Houston Symphony Orchestra three years ago, Texans proudly proclaimed "The Grand Alliance." An emblem was struck for the orchestra depicting the Lone Star flag shoulder-to-shoulder with Sir John's Union Jack, and by happy coincidence Harold Macmillan himself said what was on everyone's lips: "Friendship between Texas and Great Britain is a most important thing." The orchestra celebrated its 50th year last week with a gala concert on the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, and Sir John felt properly Nelsonian: "This...
...twisted bicycle. A flattened toy gun. A silver corkscrew. A blue-handled screwdriver. A brass hand mirror. A child's pencil case. A green alarm clock. A yellowed baby picture. A small wad of lire. A mattress. A red and black shawl. A lone playing card (the king of clubs). An ancient Olivetti typewriter. A crumpled Fiat. An electric pylon twisted off its concrete base. A church steeple protruding from the mud. Such were the scattered remains of a town called Longarone, which last week was wiped off the face of the earth...
...White House a lone copy of a newly published 653-page book is already badly dog-eared by New Frontiersmen. And all over Washington, those who try to keep up with the talk on the cocktail circuit are eagerly spending $7.95 for Victor Lasky's J.F.K.: The Man & the Myth...