Word: secreted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...TRUTHFUL HARP by Lloyd Alexander, illustrated by Evaline Ness (Holt; $3.50). A prizewinning team tells a story, with more text than most picture books, about a young king who fulfills his secret wish to wander the countryside as a bard and learns thereby many truths...
...into their shop near St. Severin's Gate in Cologne, Germany. Aided by friends, they carried out large quantities of earth. From the building came the sound of an internal-combustion engine. Exhaust vapor escaped through a pipe in the roof. Neighbors deduced that they were building a secret racing car; the Gens boys insisted that they were merely enlarging their basement. They were indeed digging-straight down. In the process, they were uncovering one of the most important Roman relics ever found in Germany: the funeral monument of Lucius Poblicius, a 1st century veteran of the Roman legions...
Last week, when the votes of the Baseball Writers' Association were counted, Yaz was indeed the Most Valuable Player-but only on 19 out of 20 secret ballots. The other vote went to Cesar Tovar, a utility infielder for the second-place Minnesota Twins who batted .267, hit six homers and drove in 47 runs. "Naturally," sighed Yastrzemski, "I would have liked it to be unanimous. But I'm happy to have...
...crisis of conscience he turns in an incriminating letter he has found, signed by his friend's lover, who is quickly expelled. Soon Georges is attracted to Alexandre, a pretty ten-year-old in the lower school. They meet in secret, exchange poems, swear eternal friendship in a blood ceremony. The open, cheerful innocence of the younger boy neutralizes Georges' sexual longings, and the relationship remains on the platonic plane...
...Houses clearly asks if big-time idealism is not apt to be as dehumanizing as large-scale anything. The point is neatly made when the Director General departs from his prepared address on Staff Day to pay his respects to the need" for holding on to "one's secret identity." The half-asleep come awake. Throats are cleared. The interpreters hesitate. Is this organizational heresy at the highest level? "I don't quite know," says one of the listeners later. "I think I felt heartened to hear something said merely because it was felt. Still, I did find...