Word: smoothness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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KENTUCKY: Blind in Duck Hollow Eb Herald would like to see it, but he can't: the sweet William and May apple and columbine bright on the ledges, the dogwood dotting the green rise to the west, the clear bulge of Duck Creek as it purls over the smooth stones through Duck Hollow. Eb ? his real name is Elbert, but one doesn't call a mountain man that ? is 56, and he went blind seven years ago. (Degenerative blindness afflicts many Appalachian dwellers as a result of in breeding.) Lank and long-striding in his pale blue...
...Faculty's decision was made on the grounds that the Faculty always uses," one member of the Class Committee, who wishes to remain unidentified, said yesterday. "The Faculty is rational and smooth, and they're all from Harvard, Yale, or Columbia. Shipman was from the Southwest, and he had an accent--so they screwed...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. May 4--The sun managed to break through the grey overcast covering the Severn River only once here this afternoon--during the varsity heavy-weight crew race. The Crimson varsity smooth-swept its way to a convincing two-length-plus victory over Pennsylvania and Navy, capturing the Adams Cup for the fifth straight year...
Died. Canon Felix Kir, 92, French Roman Catholic priest famed as a war hero and politician, and remembered as the namesake of a smooth potion concocted of white wine and currant or blackberry liqueur; of injuries suffered in a fall; in Dijon. Tough-minded and sharp-tongued, Kir (rhymes with hear) took over the mayoralty of Dijon (pop. 96,000) in 1940, when city officials fled the Germans, and led the local resistance throughout the war. Dijon's citizens voted him in as mayor in every election from 1945 to the present, and though he often proved a thorn...
...more than just statistics to this squad. They look and act like pros. From Chico Garcia's chatter in the infield to Fran Saba's 450-foot home run against previously-undefeated Brown, even to the way Varney strikes out, this team is pro. Something about it is smooth and relaxed. They make their opponents look like little league...