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...Woods means to play an "engaged" jazz that is a strong and sharply protesting comment on the Negro in America-his sound is a shriek, a cry, a noise from the streets. Here, with six of his own compositions, his message is as unmistakable as a punch in the stomach. On drums is Elvin Jones, whose cruel talent it is to force from other musicians more music than they know is hidden in their horns...
Santayana never seemed more passionately committed to his philosophy than in the last days before his death-a death that, as Cory describes it, had some of the majesty of Socrates'. He was racked with pain from cancer of the stomach, unable to eat or drink. When Cory murmured about "the peace that passeth all understanding," the old rationalist shot back: "If it passeth all understanding, it's simply nothing. I have no faith in a blind, cosmic feeling of peace." In his last moments, Cory asked him if he was suffering. "He replied in a voice...
...quarterback, who decides what's going to happen. He does not make his decision in the huddle, but only after the play has started and the defense has committed itself. After getting the snap from center, the quarterback takes a step back and thrusts the ball into the stomach of the fullback. If defenders begin to tackle the fullback, the quarterback withdraws the ball. He can then run or pass with it. On a further option, the quarterback can pitch out to a halfback, who, in turn, can try to blits around end or pass downfield...
...Anniston, Ala. Star, which had bridled last year at the violence with which the city met the first Freedom Riders, convicted Wallace of "reckless asininity." But even normally sympathetic papers found the Governor more than they could stomach. "George Wallace is not 'saving Alabama,' " said the Birmingham News, a militantly segregationist daily. "He is in the process of destroying self-government and the educational system of this state...
...Paul Hornung automatically lost his fat $25,000 salary. So what happened to the tarnished hero? While his mates knock heads on the field this fall, Hornung will be riding high on the banquet circuit, raking in money from endorsements and jamming radio and TV programs. Barring an upset stomach or laryngitis, he should make more than $40,000 this year-only a slight comedown from last year's $50,000 total...