Word: steals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Deering drove through three Dartmouth defenders to put the varsity ahead, 13 to 11, after seven minutes, to set off a frantic burst which produced eight points in less than a minute and a half. Deering, fittingly enough, climaxed the burst with a beautiful steal and a damn-the-torpedoes drive through several massed Dartmouth defenders, making the score...
Walking on Eggs. There are indeed cool-eyed children plotting records that "will look good" to colleges. There is reason to worry about all the emphasis on test scores. There are panicky youngsters who steal rivals' notebooks to sabotage them on exams. There is unhealthy fretting: "How should I write my autobiography for Yale?" "How many pounds should I lose before Smith loves me?" "The kids are so scared that they've lost all humor," says one pessimistic teacher. "They con us for grades." says another. "I can almost see their minds at work wondering how to please...
...where the steel mills have slowed to part-time operation, a month's rice ration lasts barely three days, sugar is issued only four times a year, and housewives try to thicken watery gruel by adding grass. Hungry people from Tientsin sneak into the fields at night to steal corn from the stalks, and Kwangtung villagers are reportedly eating bark from the trees. Among the fantastic mountain shapes of Kweilin spread even more fantastic rumors: the sour-tasting new soy sauce is said to be made from human hair. In Peking, when the first fish to arrive in weeks...
Hard to Die. Last week fog and rain began moving down from the Manchurian plains toward the South China coast. Winter brings the end of the growing season, the end of the opportunity to steal food from fields and gardens, or even of scrounging the hills for edible leaves and roots. Winter also brings the need for warm clothes and warming fires. But as Red China enters its fourth winter since the Great Leap Forward, clothing and fuel are in nearly as short supply as food...
...next play, Say, Darling, he was cast as an overcarbonated young producer. One actress recalls. "I had to walk the streets of New Haven with Bobby every goddam night. He kept saying how awful he was. He bit his nails and cried. The cast hated him. He was stealing the show." Steal it he did, with a devastating caricature of Broadway Producer Hal Prince; but in his next appearance, as Richard Miller in Take Me Along, he failed to steal top honors from the masterful Jackie Gleason, and had to settle merely for superb notices...