Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nixon was taking "the long view," and his Administration is not prepared, at present, to alter the U.S. position. The question remains whether "the long view" should not get somewhat shorter. Should the U.S. begin to change its policy now and start laying the foundation for eventual reconciliation? If so, can such an effort be successful...
With the sculptures at the top of columns, they demonstrate Scher's point about contained energy. But, mercifully, the columns are much shorter than the originals. The sculpture's modeling is calligraphic rather than realistic, and they take on new power to modern eyes conditioned to depreciate the technical skills of representation in favor of the purer visions of stylization. Samson grappling with the lion, an llth century capital from Avignon's Notre Dame des Doms, contains within its stylized forms both the violence of the struggle and the authority of an abstraction. Its companion piece, representing...
...most exciting race of the day was the mile run, in which the Crimson's Tom Spengler edged Eli Frank Shorter in a photo-finish. Both performers finished with times of 4:11.0. followed by Harvard's Roy Shaw a few feet back...
Spengler was a dark horse choice in the race, in which Shaw and Shorter were figured to be the prime contestants. He trailed the two leaders until the last 40 yards of the race, but put on a strong finishing kick to pass both runners...
...Shorter will be the favorite in the two-mile, where he topped Crimson runners Dave Pottetti and Tim McLoone last week...