Word: oregon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...still only ten when he took his first long trip (to Oregon to live with an uncle) and met his first traveler's disappointment. "The Rocky Mountains," he noted with disillusionment, "were made mostly of dirt." From his uncle he learned a modification of Quakerism: "Turn your other cheek once, but if he smites it, then punch him!" From Cornishmen in the Southwest goldfields he learned fine points that had been neglected at Stanford engineering school. (To sleep warm in a wet mine, curl up in a steel wheelbarrow heated by several candles underneath.) At 23, he was helping...
...Oregon-born brothers, Alex and David Tamkin, finished an operatic version in 1933. Met Conductor Artur Bodanzky saw it and liked it, but died before he could get it produced. Over the years, The Dybbuk inhabited several other composers, among them Hollywood's Dimitri Tiomkin. Two years ago, excerpts from the Tamkin work were presented in Portland, Ore. Last season the New York City Opera scheduled a production, but postponed it "for economy." Last week the Tamkin Dybbuk finally found fulfillment, and Manhattan's City Center Theater was packed for the world premi...
...doubles match and report for duty with the Navy. ¶The University of Texas football team, eleventh in the pre-season rankings, over seventh-ranked Kentucky, 7-6; in Austin. Other notable football victories: Georgia Tech over Southern Methodist, 21-7; Fordham over Missouri, 34-20; Michigan State over Oregon State, 6-0; Southern California over Washington State...
Game of the Week (Sat. 2:45 p.m., ABC). Football: Oregon State v. Michigan State...
Father Hofstee's friends on the Pacific coast who knew him as a student for the priesthood, in his inspirational parish work in California, Oregon and Washington, marveled at his dynamic energy, especially for youth, and who hear from him only occasionally by a letter, are deeply appreciative that TIME has devoted such generous space to his wonderful work . . . It is with a great sense of satisfaction that we see true religion in action so aptly portrayed. The spirit of sacrifice of oneself for others still lives, if we only look...