Word: poled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...While this type of rhyme is not even considered rhyme in our English tradition, Russians make use of it. And, especially with Yevtushenko and other modern poets, it is such a special feature that it cannot be ignored in the translation of their poems. Rhymes such as "micropore-Metro-pole" and "Perlovke-perlone" are duds directly from Yevgeny himself...
Harvard swept all three places in five of the 12 events and won firsts in eight. Steve Schoonover flew over the pole vault bar at 14 ft. 5 1/4 in. to set a new varsity indoor record...
...Cadets beat Harvard at the Crimson's own game -- jumping. Army swept all three places in the broad jump, took first and second in the high jump, and first in the pole valut. Harvard won all three events last year in trampling the Cadets by thirty-four points...
...Pole vault: Steve Schoonover, who won against Army last year, will find some real competition against the Cadets over the 14 foot mark...
...Advancement of Colored People, the boy wants to know whether the Italians have anything like it. "Sure," replies Cooper. "We have the Mothers and Fathers' Italian Association-the M.A.F.I.A." Another case in point is the rash of Polish jokes ("Why won't they let a Pole swim in Lake Michigan? Because he'll leave a ring"), which began almost underground but now venture into the light. Explains Comic Phyllis Diller: "If it's too close to the truth, it isn't funny. The Poles are far removed from ignorance and dirt...