Word: palled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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NICHOLAS MINARD '76 died here Tuesday, an apparent suicide. In my thoughts I try to carry on with him much as before: I think about his disastrous encouragement of my Camel-cigarette chain smoking (he smoked Pall Malls as if they were about to be taken off the shelves); of the time we got thrown out of Cronin's for singing the Internationale too loud; of his clumsy but not ineffective basketball playing; and of the two books I have from him--one of which is the Essential Works of Socialism--both of which he constantly insisted he needed...
CREAMER ALSO excels in capturing the lore of Ruth out-of-uniform. In "Kaleidoscope: Personality of the Babe," Creamer delves into a few feats which make the 714 and 60 homerun marks pall. He dredged up some of Babe's stunning epicurean exploits, including the mandatory "couple of hotdogs and a bicarb" immediately preceding every game. And several locker room observers, provide the definitive statement on Ruth's famed sexual prowess. Creamer dwells on the theme of Ruth's distorted sexuality throughout the book, in his usual lucid style...
...there were plenty of other things to do when chit-chat about old prep school buddies and blustering predictions about the next day's games began to pall. You could always just watch. Or you could get drunk, if the jostling, six-deep crowd at the bar didn't scare you off (and it usually didn't). Or you could blow your money on roulette and backgammon. You could fox-trot to a three-man band, complete with a black pianist playing "As Time Goes By." Or you could be interviewed by The New York Times...
...nearly everywhere, officials fear economic crisis leading to political instability. The evidence of this gloom was clear and plentiful last week. The price of shares on the stock exchanges continued to plunge?not only on Wall Street but also in London, Paris and other major cities. In Washington, a pall of pessimism hung over the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Representatives of more than 120 nations listened attentively to cataclysmic predictions that they would have dismissed immediately a year or two ago. The atmosphere was such that sober, responsible people from Beirut...
...constantly exploring new dimensions of jazz. Though characterized by a new style, he has yet to alienate jazz purists while at the same time he incorporates those on the rock-jazz border into his wide scope of admirers. Miles puts on a great show and the intimate atmosphere of Pall's Mall should provide a perfect setting for his inspiring instrumentation. Miles Davis. October 1-6. Pall's Mall. For ticket information call...