Word: oxfords
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Yank at Oxford seemed a likely sort. No sooner had he arrived this fall than he began to fit himself into the black-gowned atmosphere, pedaling a bicycle to appointments with his tutors (philosophy, politics, economics), developing a taste for sherry and ale, acquiring a tea service for the social amenities. Best of all, he had a yen to play rugby. After all, he had been good at games back in the U.S., and he stood a lean, big-boned 6 ft. 1½ in., 205 Ibs. The rugby prospect: Rhodes Scholar and Infantry Lieut. Pete Dawkins...
...that tradition allows only the captain to chatter encouragement. On defense, his jarring, head-on football tackles flattened any opposing player he seemed to suspect of having the ball, having had it, or about to get it, but he let the play get away time and again. Sniffed the Oxford Mail: "The subtleties of positioning have escaped him so far. His tackling was far from classic...
After only four games for Brasenose, Dawkins had developed enough to draw an occasional and modulated "Well done, Peter," from fellow players, was promoted to the Greyhounds, Oxford's second team, and started against Sandhurst, Britain's West Point. Playing right-wing three-quarter back, Dawkins scored the first try for his team by neatly sidestepping five desperate tackles, ended the game with six of the Greyhounds' points in their 29-3 triumph...
JAMES JOYCE (842 pp.)-Richard Ellmann-Oxford...
...dinosaur skeletons which decorated the huge stairwell leading to the skylight; the stairs themselves have disappeared during the 15-month reconstruction. Precious scrolls and documents from China have been transferred to a fire-proof, air conditioned library on Divinity Avenue, while the scientific facilities have been centralized on Oxford St. for over 30 years...