Word: newports
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...course, a three-year smattering of history, literature and art. School begins in August, allowing time for a ten-week "work term" in the win ter. Last week, while most U.S. college students were home for Christmas, Webb freshmen worked as ship fitters in yards from Puget Sound to Newport News. Sophomores were off at sea as grease monkeys on freighters; upperclassmen were apprenticed to firms of naval architects and marine engineers. "We want them to clean bilges and stand watches," says Alexander. "These men are all headed for management jobs and their training allows them to speak with authority...
...Spoke by White House telephone for commissioning ceremonies at Newport News, Va., for the Nuclear Submarine Sam Rayburn...
...titles among them, they are not that rich, nor are they idle. Less grand than the grandest of an older generation, but also less ostentatious, they might be called the New Elegants. And they are not a numbered set revolving around a few Manhattan town houses and Newport mansions but a relaxed confraternity that extends the length and breadth of the land...
Ringo Way. Born in Newport News, Va., orphaned and raised by an aunt in Yonkers, Ella Fitzgerald in her early days was a skinny girl, but over the years her stature grew in both senses. She is supersensitive about her weight, and understandably cried through the night once when-after she had performed with another heavy singer-a critic wrote: "Last night the stage contained 600 Ibs. of pure talent." The talent moves as well as sings. One of Ella Fitzgerald's secrets is that she really wishes she were a dancer. When she feels good onstage, she becomes...
...Crimson J.V.'s are putting a 2-1 record on the line against a Dartmouth squad that has lost to Army 21-7 in its only game thus far. The Crimson has beaten Tufts and Newport Naval Station and lost to B.C. Since junior varsity personnel changes from week to week, this game must rate a toss...