Word: rave
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...CENTER: Dick Butkus, 20, Illinois 6 ft. 3 in., 237 lbs. One rave notice: "Only a junior, but a very strong, hard-nosed, mean, nasty kid. Has an insatiable appetite for hitting people." Best on defense, Butkus would play defensive tackle as a pro. On offense, the pros like Texas Christian's Ken Henson, 20, (6 ft. 6 in., 255 lbs.), and Holy Cross's Jon Morris, 21 (6 ft. 3 in., 225 lbs.). The report on Morris: "A great player on a team that has no spring practice and schedules schools that do. Whatever the logic...
...Rave & a Lump...
...gentle flurry of aphorisms. "Tanglewood is a tree with many branches," he has said in a typical comment on the bucolic Massachusetts festival. "You can't tell which will wither away and which will blossom." Last week, as the Tanglewood season closed to the music of rave reviews, the Tanglewood tree, well-watered at the roots, seemed to be blooming more richly than ever...
...Anna Massey, 25, Raymond's hazel-eyed daughter, won rave reviews in the London production of The Miracle Worker, added to her reputation in the Gielgud-Richardson School for Scandal, is now starred in a revival of The Doctor's Dilemma. Equally talented is her brother Daniel, 29, whose wit and whimsy set the fairy-tale mood of Broadway's airy musical She Loves...
...mountains soaring - but a sad smallness of vision afflicts universities in the Rockies. To the west, in California, and to the east, in Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan, great state universities flourish; but in Montana, Idaho and Colorado, regents rave, professors quit, presidents vanish, and in consequence academic excellence seems forever elusive...