Word: obscurest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...small drop from one step to the next makes descending difficult. Distinguished professors whose names appear in even the obscurest libraries manage it best. Wearing rounded hats which have been out of shape as long as out of style, they move their legs carefully and slowly. As foot touches step, however, they seem to lose control and a slight jerk moves up the whole body. Teiresias must have moved like this. Inside Widener these men have favorite chairs from which to watch favorite books. When they walk out the latticed door they are not so much leaving the Library...