Word: spar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Walter Lippmann, 1969 He could have held his own in an 18th century salon or coffeehouse, spar ring civilly with the prophets of the Enlightenment. His faith in the dispassion ate application of reason to the muddle of human affairs was no less firm than Voltaire's. His prowess at drawing his tory's sweep from the minutiae of daily events might have impressed even Gibbon. Had they discoursed on politics, he and Edmund Burke would have found themselves on the same aloof Olympian plane...
...undergone a sea change, and out of that change and its effects 38-year-old "James Irwin" (actually Edward J. Moore under a pseudonym) has fashioned a first play that is robust, touching, funny and nakedly honest. The Sea Horse divides neatly into two parts that might be subtitled "Spar and Tell." The first act is a land of sexual scrimmage with earthy roughhousing on Gert's part and some wild and woozy comic foolery on Harry's. The tone is that of a mating between Steinbeck and Saroyan...
...increasing numbers and with greater gusto than ever before. Not that most of them want to compete with boys; the emphasis is still largely on single-sex athletic programs, with the opportunities for women expanded. In Dallas, almost 100 girls from six to 16 turned out last fall to spar with one another in a five-year-old program known as Missy Junior Gloves. At the University of Washington, 80 coeds -a record number-signed up for women's crew...
...does not play favorites. Tabarly, a navy commander, was barely halfway to Capetown when his titanium mainmast collapsed. By radio, Tabarly ordered a new spar. Under jury rig, he headed for Rio, 1,200 miles away, to pick it up. The 82-ft. mast, fabricated in Switzerland, had to be cut in two to fit into a French military jet. Meanwhile Blyth, a former paratroop sergeant, was learning that $350,000 worth of sleek boat does not necessarily go fast when manned by a crew of paratroopers with little sailing experience...
Dick Cavett Show. Muhammad Ali and Smokin' Joe Frazier spar verbally in a 90-minute warm-up for their scheduled Jan. 28 heavyweight bout at the Garden in New York. Cavett referees. Ch. 5. 12:30 a.m. Color...