Word: soft
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...expanding guerrilla fight that bears an uncomfortable resemblance to the early days of the Viet Nam war. In Thailand's long-neglected Northeastern provinces, a growing, increasingly bold force of nearly 2,000 Communist terrorists is striking with guns and propaganda at a lengthening list of soft spots where there is no government presence...
Seventy colleges invited him to apply for admission. Setting his sights on an Ivy League education, he finally narrowed his choice to Dartmouth, Columbia, and Harvard. "I eliminated Dartmouth first," Rich recalls in his soft European accent. "I lived in the sticks for fifteen years in Poland, and I wanted to be near a city...
Included in this group are the "fantastics," born between 1910 and 1930, who explore odd materials and resort to private mythologies, whether through the twisted polyurethane of Chamberlain, the plaster casts of Segal, the junk sculpture of Stankiewicz, or the soft objects of Claes Oldenburg. On the bottom three tiers, and on the ground floor and bottom levels, in stage center, are the minimalists, including Tony Smith (TIME cover, Oct. 13). It is Fry's opinion that the minimalists, who build industrially produced large-scale works, are trying to achieve a "tabula rasa, the clean slate upon which...
...ball back and made its final bid. Robertson moved into Harvard territory with two 15-yard passes then his Horn on the Crimson 35. But back at the line of scrimmage one of the game's roughest individual duels had finally exploded. Harvard defensive tackle Joe DeBettencourt, no soft cookie himself, had hit Big Red tackle Tom Dichl with a solid charge, and the 250 Pound Hotel Administration major responded with a forearm shot to DeBettencourt's head. DeBettencourt, the Harvard senior, with unusual politeness, turned the other cheek--and an accusing finger--toward Diehl, and saw the referee drop...
Winless Colgate visits Princeton in a contest teams that did nothing right between them last week. For the Tigers, this game marks the start of their schedule's soft middle. Young players have to jell in this three-game stretch to be ready for the late-season showdown with Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth. Colgate should fall, 28-3, but can look forward to playing Brown next week...