Word: poled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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CHOPIN: THE NOCTURNES (RCA Victor; 2 LPs). German Poet Heinrich Heine once wrote about Chopin that his "fame is aristocratic, it is perfumed with the approval of good society, it is as distinguished as his person." The same might be said of Artur Rubinstein, Chopin's fellow Pole. Taking the long-lined melodies of the 19 night pieces, Rubinstein floats them on their shifting chromatic undercurrents in a most elegant and assured manner, never falling into sentimentality...
...Pole Switch. Even if the atmosphere absorbs most of the particles before they strike the earth, McDonald and Gunst suggest, there could be major climatic changes. During periods of intense solar bombardment, there are noticeable changes in atmospheric pressure and the direction of jet streams near the north and south poles, which are not protected by the magnetic field. Such changes on a worldwide basis, the scientists say, might cause lush valleys to become barren wastes, deserts to bloom, icecaps to grow and cover the land, or to melt and raise sea levels enough to flood coastal cities...
Harvard's only other point winners were Steve Schoonover, who soared 15'-8" to place third in the pole vault, and Captain Jeff Huvelle, who finished fifth in the 600. Schoonover's vault broke his own Harvard record by a quarter-inch...
Villanova has two other IC4A title-holders in Charles Messenger in the two-mile and Erv Hall in the 60-yard high hurdles. And Villanova pole vaulter Vince Bizzarro, whose 16'7 3/4" vault beat Bob Seagren in Januuary, will probably be unchallenged in that event...
...hunters, grazing sheep, and sailboats, but its real subject is the vivid plumage of birch, sugar maple, hemlock and scarlet oak. A century later, Cropsey's portrayal is still fresh and unspoiled, a continuing celebration of the season when, as Thoreau said, "every tree is a living liberty pole, on which a thousand bright flags are flying...