Word: olympian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...barriers have withstood the test of flying feet as stubbornly as Armin Hary's world record of 10 sec. flat for the 100-meter dash-set by the West German Olympian in 1960 and tied since by nine other sprinters. Last week Hary's Deutsche mark was not only broken but absolutely devalued at the A.A.U. championship in Sacramento, Calif. In eight 100-meter races-four heats, two semifinals, the final, and a runoff for one berth in this week's Olympic trials-no fewer than ten competitors equaled Hary's time, and three were officially...
...complaints about her dead husband ("What could a poor, weak woman do / But humor his caprices,/ When acts more suited to a zoo / Took place with neighbors' nieces?") are set to an oompah rhythm and sardonic melody. Though The Bear is no immortal work from the Olympian heights of human creativity, it is blessed with fine craftsmanship and expert musicianship. The album's cast and orchestra are excellent as well...
Ohiri's play was tremendous to watch. He dribbled, passed, and most important, shot like the Olympian that he was. Coach Munro says it was like a man playing with boys. No one could touch...
While Harvard has cornered a great deal of the market in terms of qualified academic professionals, it still has a long way to be before its faculty may be considered Olympian. Harvard's standards like those of many other schools are unique and peculiar unto themselves; the fact that men make standards does not necessarily imply that they are lived up to here any more than they are anyplace else. What of the Kenneth Clarke's, John Hope Franklin's, Ralph Bunche's and James Farmer's? And before them, the E. Franklin Frazier's, Sterling Brown's and Horace...
...unfortunate too, that those who read and agreed with your editorial are in many cases the same ones who, upon reading in the newspaper about racism, still look over their shoulders to see who its talking about. Your editorial, with all its liberal intentions, would have Olympian Harvard take up the black man's burden without really knowing what it's all about. Charles Jordan Managing Editor The Harvard Journal of Negro Affairs