Word: rosing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ever seen the movie 'American Graffitti?' That's where I lived," says Steve Irion. The senior basketball co-captain grew up in Harlowtown, Montana, a hamlet of 1200 people, which earned him the nickname "Monty" when he came to Cambridge. Every Saturday, young Irion rose at 6 a.m. and went down to the asphalt courts built by the local Kiwanis Club to play roundball until sunset. When he wasn't playing basketball, Irion and his cronies "just used to hang out on Betty's corner." It was on the corner of the street and Betty owned the joint, he explains...
...last week's erratic weather outside the Midwest is any indication, the region should now brace itself for floods. Along the Eastern seaboard, January thaws (the New York City temperature rose to 57°) and heavy rains sent creeks and rivers over their banks, inundated some towns, caused power failures in Washington, D.C., and left hundreds of cars swamped everywhere...
...opening night began with an unusual ceremony. As the audience rose quietly to its feet, a sole trumpeter onstage played first the Soviet national anthem and then that of the U.S. This salute to theatrical detente came about through the zealous effort of Nina Vance, founder and longtime head of Houston's Alley Theater. On a cultural exchange mission to the U.S.S.R. in May 1977, Vance was particularly impressed by Mikhail Roschin's Echelon and the way in which it was directed by Galina Volchek, head of Moscow's Sovremennik Theater and a noted actress as well...
With few exceptions, this is a train of women without men. Some are inconsolable, some lapse into abrasively catty humor. The car commander is Galina (Bettye Fitzpatrick), and she has more of the instincts of a den mother than a party official. Her chief worry is Katya (Cristine Rose), who spends most of the play catatonically desolated by the absence of her husband. Galina's chief ally in rallying group morale is Masha (Bella Jarrett), a gutsy fighter who can issue a pep talk that would blister a slacking football team...
...other parts of the country the number of applicants stayed the same or rose slightly. In the Northeast the majority of increases were in the number of female applicants while the number of males remained approximately the same...