Word: rosa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...continued as a scoreless battle through the third period and well into the fourth. The Crimson defense, headed by the play of middle-man West Fuller, repeatedly shut off the Tufts ground attack and the secondary managed to hold the Jumbos excellent passing combination of Bob Byrn to John Rosa to short gains...
...Jumbos still would not die, however, and with time running out the Byrn-Rosa combo struck from 50 yards out to tighten the score, 14-6. The attempt for a two-point conversion failed...
...main reason for such optimism lies in the arm of quarterback Bob Byrne from Malden and the hands of split and John Rosa from Lexington. Against Andover this passing combination connected for four touchdowns, all of the Jumbos's scores...
...cynicism has little power in Magog's private life. He is an emotional slave to Maire, Gog's promiscuous French-born wife. She favors him at her whim, disappearing out of his life for years at a time. All Earth Mother types cause him pain, including Rosa, one of twin girls out of Maire by Gog or possibly Magog himself. In the face of such confusions, Magog's blowsy mother Merry (Old England?) asserts: "We aren't a family, dear; we're just a blood group...
These proud words come from Nikki Giovanni's best-known poem, Nikki-Rosa. At 28, she is one of the most talented and promising black poets. She is also one of the most visible, not only because she is beautiful but because she is a shrewd and energetic propagandist. In this interim autobiography, both poet and propagandist underscore that point about black love and happiness. Part memoir and part manifesto, it is a plainspoken, lively, provocative, confusing book...