Word: quirks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Graves's go at Genesis is more than a scholarly quirk from a quirky man of letters; it is part of a campaign. For Poet-Novelist-Essayist-Historian Graves is also a devotee of the Divine Female who appears under one name or another in the world's myths and religions. In past books, such as King Jesus (TIME, Sept. 30, 1946), he has taken up arms in her behalf against what he considers the anti-feminist conspiracy of Judaism and Christianity. His latest book, Adam's Rib (Yoseloff; $6), is an effort to rescue another archetype...
...grow beards, and all men, women and children wear black headdress in public. Farming and a few related trades such as blacksmithing and harness-making are the only approved ways of earning a living. Parents refuse to send their children to public schools beyond the eighth grade-a quirk that has got the Amish into trouble with state and county authorities (TIME, March 24). The strictest members of the sect balk at social security levies on the grounds that I Timothy 5:8 and other Bible passages command them to take care of their own. And they do: records...
...survived an early season hitting slump and went on to win its first Eastern Baseball League title in 29 years as well as defeating Yale 12 to 7. The crucial game was against Dartmouth and the Crimson valuted into first place by belting the Indian's star pitcher Pete Quirk, and winning, 5 to 4. The formula of victory can be found in the varsity's two fine pitchers, Dave Brigham and relief ace Gerry Emmet, a steady catcher in John Davis, and the combined hitting of Frank Saia, Kent Hathaway, Bob Cleary, and Tom Bergantino. No matter...
Captain Bob Cleary, moreover, still has a painfully bruised finger on his left hand which hurts him at bat. Normally one of the varsity's strongest hitters, the second baseman never got his bat on the ball against Dartmouth's Art Quirk Wednesday...
...this point, cleanup batter Kent Hathaway stepped into one of Quirk's fastballs and belted a high drive over the center fielder's head. Two runs scored as the hit went for a stand-up triple, and Hathaway came home himself with the fifth run a few moments later