Word: spots
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...beginning of the week, his casket was removed from Washington's National Cathedral. One witness of the transfer was Omar Bradley, 76, the last of the five-star generals, who saluted his wartime colleague with a sadly trembling hand. After the casket was taken to a spot near the Washington Monument, it was placed atop the horse-drawn gun carriage for the 1½-mile ride to the Capitol. Raven, a spirited black gelding, walked behind, bearing an empty saddle with boots reversed in their stirrups, an ancient salute to a fallen warrior. Some 50,000 people braved chill...
...growing up in Decatur, III., he remembered, "I played on trains and around factories just like I played in hills and creeks. Machinery has never been an alien element; it's been in my nature." During his college years, he worked for a summer as a riveter and spot welder at Studebaker's South Bend plant. Looking through French art periodicals in his art-student days, he saw how Pablo Picasso, working with the Spanish metalworker Julio González, had built small sculptures of welded steel. In the fall of 1933, he abandoned painting, rented space...
Today at 2 p.m., Harvard faces a respected Amherst team. Although Harvard shut out Amherst last year, 9-0, today's match should be tougher. This spring Amherst's number two and three spot are held by sophomores, both of whom beat their Harvard freshman opponents last year...
...line-up today will be the same as at Annapolis last Saturday, except for the substitution of Steve Devereux for Chris Neilson in the number six spot. Neilson has a sore wrist, but may still play with Bill Washauer in number two doubles...
...After a spot check of 300 names in the Law School category revealed alumni, M.I.T. grad students, and Business School students included, the board of directors ordered a careful check of every name on the voting list. The Coop personnel who carried out this tedious task made sure not to include anyone as a voting member unless his identity and eligibility were verified. In the process they discovered many duplicate listings. Of the more than 28,000 names checked, 21,029 appeared in the directories...