Word: oxford
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...little" Miami of Ohio defeated Indiana. We here in Oxford did not find that surprising; we expected it, for in recent years Miami has beaten Indiana twice, tied once and lost once by only five points. Also in recent years we have defeated Northwestern twice and Purdue once, and at present have the longest winning streak in the country. Miami now has 10,500 students on campus, so it is not exactly little...
...first branch of Fish, which takes its name from one of Christianity's oldest symbols for Jesus, was formed in 1961 at the Anglican Church of St. Andrew's in Oxford, England. Two years ago, the first U.S. Fish group was organized by the Rev. Robert L. Howell, 38, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in West Springfield, Mass. Since then, Fish societies have sprung up in dozens of other U.S. communities. Through handbills delivered from door to door and modest ads in local newspapers, Fish urges anyone in need to call a local telephone...
...president. And though one could easily say of him that he is a man of integrity, he is also one of practicality, professionalism, and the wary warmth of experience that becomes one who has been a door-to-door salesman, a Paris chef, a Pennsylvania tobacco farmer, and an Oxford student...
...SHORT WALK ON THE CAMPUS, by Jonathan Aitken and Michael Beloff (208 pages; Atheneum; $4.50), is an exuberantly far-out pop portrait of America as seen by two young members of the Oxford debating team that toured...
...churches use conveyor belts to serve worshipers with iced wine and neatly wrapped wafers during Communion service. Short Walk is only a youthful indiscretion, like roof climbing or too much sherry at an Old Lit dinner, but it may also disabuse some readers of the notion that all Oxford students are bright...