Word: nom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three judges, members of the Summer School faculty, will choose the winners on the basis of the general quality of a body of work. Each poem should be identified with the poet's pen name. A sealed envelope with the nom de plume on the outside and the poet's name and address inside should accompany the entry...
When Britain's Conservative Party Co-Chairman Iain Macleod resigned from the Cabinet last October, he went off to edit the liberal Tory Spectator, and for his nom de plume chose Chesterton's Quoodle. The name proved all too apt. Last week, in the wake of an embarrassing disclosure, many Tories were cursing Quoodle as a fink whose loose tongue was damaging Conservative chances in the forthcoming general election...
...chubby little man in a dark blue suit strode into the sports stadium of the steamy Cambodian capital of Pnompenh (pronounced Nom-pen) last week, mounted the platform, and began haranguing the assembled crowd in a whiny, high-pitched voice. The speaker was Prince Norodom Sihanouk, neutralist, mercurial ruler of Cambodia, and he had called the rally to announce in effect that the U.S. was working to undermine his regime. Turning theatrically to the throng, Sihanouk asked whether the national honor did not demand that Cambodia reject any future help from the Americans. When his subjects roared obedient approval...
...should have been easy. The only hazards at suburban Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche were the exuberant French fans, the ubiquitous French photographers and a persistent French fog, which got so thick that play was cut to 63 holes and cars had to be parked around the greens with their headlights shining. On the very first hole, a 456-yd. par five, Nicklaus reached the green with a drive and a No. 8 iron, and sank his putt for an eagle. But after three days, the best that Jack and Arnie could manage was a first-place tie with...
...Society Snippet Suzy (Mrs. Aileen Mehle). The J-A already had Cholly Knickerbocker, and there are just so many tales one paper can tattle. Solution: Cholly walks the plank, Suzy gets full command of the society poop deck, and this week starts a combined column under the new nom de guerre of Suzy Knickerbocker...