Word: nods
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...brilliantly lighted auction ring at New York's Saratoga race track one night last week stood a handsome bay colt. Among the overflow crowd of 1,600 at the open-air pavilion moved white-jacketed "spotters," alert for the telltale gestures-a casual nod, a lifted finger-that signifies a bid. The first horse went quickly. "Sold for $30,000," boomed Auctioneer Milton Dance Jr., rapping his gavel for emphasis. By the time Auctioneer Dance's gavel had fallen for the 48th and last time. $319,500 worth of horseflesh-all paid for in cash-had changed hands...
...Indians from Hanover are reportedly the best physically in years, but do not get the nod because they will rely too much on sophomores. (Although they led the Dartmouth freshman team to an undefeated season last year, they are young.) Columbia falls into a preseason fourth place; it's time for the veterans making up the squad--starters the past two years--to spur the dark horse from New York...
...distinction" and loyal-alumnus pitches for the old school. Each time the faculty, which Waring has frequently attacked for its "naive" support of integration, has managed to kill the idea. But the regents do not have to heed the faculty, and this year they decided to give Waring the nod. Sewanee's President Edward McCrady was especially proud that Waring would get a degree alongside pro-integrationist Professor Kayden. McCrady envisioned "a true ministry of reconciliation." Last week, as Kayden withdrew "until a happier time when there is no ideological conflict in the South," Sewanee was left with Racist...
Consequently, it is possible for some players to get the nod over others because of distant high school reputations and early season breaks rather than because of proven superiority. And because coaches must devote time to basic instruction such as tackling and blocking -- the bulk of which could be handled in the spring -- much of the time for scrimmages, which determine the team's ladder, is cut down. Ivy coaches, many of whom agree that the present system is in this sense unfair, argue that they have too little time to develop players and turn out top rate football teams...
...short story. So I tried putting them in a novel." Her methods of writing differ widely in the two forms, although in most cases the finished product falls into the category of the "conventional" story or novel. "For stories I never make a note," she says, with a quick nod for emphasis, "although I might write down a name. I usually have a title and I always fight like hell if the publisher wants to change it--to me the title is the story." Often the stories come to her very slowly, accreted around a particular event. Before beginning...