Word: nelsoned
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...bottom of a corpulent cutie, the label on a bottle of liquor, the barroom floor, all bore the enigmatic letters: CPLY. It is the maddeningly unpronounceable nom de plume of William Nelson Copley, a Manhattan artist-collector-philanthropist who says he slipped the vowels from his name out of deference to John Singleton Copley, the 19th century American painter...
...course, it was a tremendous surprise to most people that he ever came to Harvard in the first place. Everyone was talking about backfield coach Josh Williams and Davey Nelson, head coach at Delaware and a former Harvard assistant. Meanwhile, Gettysburg coach John Yovicsin was out playing golf and was only mentioned as a dark horse at the last moment...
...Governor Nelson Rockefeller wouldn't think of accepting-not in such company-but he couldn't help laughing when he heard the proposition. His political rival, New York City Mayor John Lindsay, broke up a Manhattan luncheon for the Apollo 13 astronauts by suggesting that he and Rocky fly to the moon together. "The combined effect," said Lindsay, "ought to make millions of people very happy...
...demands ranging from immediate U.S. withdrawal from Southeast Asia to the calling of a special conference at the Metropolitan Museum to deal with racism, sexism, repression and war. Discussing these demands took even more time-and patience-than the speeches by such notables as New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller. "What's sexism?* asked the Governor when confronted, "and what does it have to do with art?" "Ask Mrs. Rockefeller," cried a voice...
...course, it was a tremendous surprise to most people that he ever came to Harvard in the first place. Everyone was talking about backfield coach Josh Williams and Davey Nelson, head coach at Delaware and a former Harvard assistant. Meanwhile, Gettysburg coach John Yovicsin was out playing golf and was only mentioned as a darkhorse at the last moment...