Word: spill
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stroke of luck, the most successful audit (in terms of proposals accepted) was the first and most highly-publicized one, the Government Department audit. That audit combined hard-working subcommittee members with a cooperative department chairman, and the spill-over from that success has set the tone for the whole program. "It acted as a catalyst for other departments," Riesman has noted; he feels that it helps a reform-minded Faculty member to be able to say authoritatively that "the students want this." Chalmers too thinks that the audits have been the HPC's most valuable contribution. "They make people...
...sooner had the Theater Atlanta Repertory Company started its run of Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra than its Queen of the Nile, Actress Kathryn Loder, took a spill onstage and broke her hand. Her doctors ordered her out of the show, and T.A. Director Jay Broad feared he might have to close the run in his new $1,000,000 house. Then he learned that Negro Actress Diana Sands, 32, was playing Lady Macbeth at nearby Spelman College. Would she fill in? Delighted, said Diana. After four days of rehearsals, she opened as Cleopatra, playing to a near-capacity...
Yale forward Ed Goldstone poured in a barrage of twisting layups, long jumpers, and clutch free throws late in the second half to spill a pressing Harvard team, 84-78, last night...
...operation. The vehicles start like an outboard motor, are tractioned by rear tanklike belt treads, and steered by handle bars attached to two front-running skis. On steep downhill runs, they give the driver all the thrills he can handle; yet, piloted sensibly, they are relatively safe. In a spill, the driver is usually thrown clear into soft snow, and the snowmobile stops as soon as his hands release the throttle...
...Cubby-Hole Enlisted Men's club in Long Binh, 20 miles north of Saigon, about 300 G.I.s were having their spill of beer and good cheer. Suddenly a spotlight pinned an opening door, and out wafted a striking blonde. For a second, the soldiers were dead silent. Then stomping, cheering and pounding on tables, they scrambled over each other to get a better look...