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Word: lot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...liked mechanical work. I had a natural aptitude for it anyway. At the same time when I was 10 or 12 years old here in Boston, I used to spend hours writing stories, I used to write poems and stories, I did a lot of writing, you know. Even at that age I'd write these long weird stories and send them off to agencies. As fast as I sent them out, they sent them back. You're young, you don't get too discouraged, anyway. I could write, I mean I always wanted to write, so when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fred Shibley--Tumbler and Sandblaster--Started a Newspaper and Was Bankrupted By Catholic Churches and Urban Renewal | 11/20/1968 | See Source »

...best of the lot is "Lost in the Funhouse," which, although it has maddening disgressions, is at least concerned with a "real" character, a pubescent boy named Ambrose. Ambrose goes to a seaside amusement park with his family, and there he gets lost in the funhouse. We are not sure if he really gets lost in the funhouse because we are made constantly aware of the author's hand pushing his characters around. Does Ambrose get lost, or does Barth make him get lost, or does Barth speculate about making him get lost? It is impossible to tell, which...

Author: By John Plotz, | Title: Barth and Nabokov: Come to the Funhouse, Lolita | 11/18/1968 | See Source »

Wynne, who is a starting defensive back and also handles kick-offs, has "an awful lot of things to practice each week," Pittenger said, and Yovicsin is trying to give him a chance to concentrate on defensive play...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, GAME TIME: 1:30 P.M. | Title: Harvard Eleven Meets Upset-Minded Brown | 11/16/1968 | See Source »

There's been a lot of talk this week that Harvard will be down for today's game. Brown is terrible; like Columbia it has had but one moment of glory, a victory over Colgate which had beaten Princeton. Harvard managed only a one touchdown win over Columbia and despite what the experts say, "Pusey" starts with an "8" and "Heffner" with a "4." Thus, says the IBM Shower-Stall I-22, Harvard 17, Brown...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: SPORTS of the 'CRIME' | 11/16/1968 | See Source »

...What You Eat" is what Hollywood press agents like to call a "romp" movie. In this kind of film a lot of people get together and romp all over the place for about 75 minutes. The Beatles did this in Hard Day's Night; Annette Funicello and cohorts had their fun in Beach Party; and now Tiny Tim, the hippies and some plain old hipsters (e.g., Malcolm Boyd) get their chance to whoop it up in You Are What...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: You Are What You Eat | 11/16/1968 | See Source »

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