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Word: shapes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...alumnus is in slightly better shape, but no much. He is not always sure what to ask, and he may find it hard to get below the surface. He realizes the boy is scared, but often he does not know how to put him at his ease; and sometimes the interviewer himself feels awkward...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Admissions Office Faces Dilemmas; Continuing Search for Excellence Clashes With Concern for Feelings | 6/15/1961 | See Source »

Ravenel played football because he had the feeling that "It was what I was meant to do," because he loved the game, and because he wanted to keep his body in shape. Of course, the memorable quarterback who also plays baseball wanted to win, also. Some athletes play for headlines, others use athletics for self-discipline and private goals of accomplishment, agreeing with President Kennedy '40 that the health of the mind is directly proportional to the health of the body. Still others play because they want it on their record for graduate school. And then there are some...

Author: By James R. Ullyot, | Title: Myth of the 'Jock' and Intellectual Snobbery | 6/15/1961 | See Source »

...except the few arrested with Challe. Both prosecution and defense appeared hesitant and embarrassed about probing too deeply. And army witnesses for the defense made a declaration of faith by saluting the two prisoners in the dock. General Jean-Etienne Valluy, who preceded Challe as Central European commander at SHAPE, admitted: "If I had been mixed up in this affair, I would have told them, 'What you are doing is culpable and unreasonable. Nevertheless, I cannot prevent my heart from being with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: France: Sense of Disarray | 6/9/1961 | See Source »

...best when he put his cantankerousness on the stage. Once in a Lifetime still remains the funniest Hollywood satire ever written, memorable among other things for the Schlepkin (read Warner) Brothers, marching from the wings in military formation; The Man Who Came to Dinner portrayed a porcupine in the shape of a man. un mistakably Woollcott with more than a few quills of Kaufman; and Of Thee I, Sing, a spoof that could teach a few mocking lessons to the Mort Sahl generation created the unforgettable Throttlebottom as well as the national committeeman who sold Rhode Island ("Nobody missed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadway: One Man's Mede | 6/9/1961 | See Source »

...smaller pieces are made of tubing that can be heated and bent like silvery glass. The larger pieces begin as metal sheets, painstakingly cut and hammered into shape. When De Rivera is satisfied with a sculpture, he files and polishes it until its surface, made as sensitive to light as possible, dances with reflections that make it seem to flow with life. The works are often shown on slowly revolving turntables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Frugal Elegance | 6/9/1961 | See Source »

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