Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...revelation also has its embarrassing side: Gytha's great-grandfather was none other than the cruel 11th century Earl Leofric of Coventry, who according to legend agreed to the pleas of his wife-Lady Godiva-that taxes be reduced, but only if she would ride naked through town. In the light of the new British tax hike by a latter-day Harold (Wilson), some Britons may hope that the Godiva instinct is not dead in the breast of her queenly descendant. Elizabeth, after all, is a fine horsewoman...
...that he could see no way in which the housing provision could be rewritten to his satisfaction and "still get the effect they want." There were suspicions, of course, that Dirksen's dubiety did not wholly reflect constitutional qualms. The G.O.P. would dearly like to see the Democrats ride into November's congressional election in the embarrassing position of having angered whites by proposing the fair-housing provision-and disappointed Negroes by failing to pass...
...former Irwin Kniberg proudly took his mother for a ride in his new Rolls-Royce, and waited for her first impression. "Irwin, don't be insulted," she said finally. "But it's a real old-fashioned...
Known by Name. With student cars banned on the campus, some students grumble about their isolation. Most students, however, appreciate the beauty of the rolling, rocky site, which rises from a grassy plain to craggy hills overlooking Monterey Bay. Students ride bikes, wear khakis and Bermuda shorts, enjoy a warm informality with their teachers. "I can walk around here and call half the people by name," says bearded Freshman Harris Freeman, "and that to me is worth more than all the cultural advantages of a big university...
...Harvard runs in the bottom of the inning. Houston bashed a home run to dead center in the third with George Neville on base to give the Crimson a three-run load. The Lions knocked McCandlish out with two runs in the fourth, encouraging Columbia bench jockeys to ride selected Harvard players enthusiastically. Bob Welz's triple, Neville's double and Houston's single off the third baseman's glove in the next inning quickly shut up the loudmouths. The third baseman then booted O'Donnell's grounder, allowing Houston to score. Two more errors on Dockery's ground ball...