Word: strength
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thanatology had been one of the most misunderstood and neglected areas of study until Elisabeth Kubler-Ross [Nov. 12] began her work. Her publications have been a boon to clergy and laity alike when confronted with the one inescapable fact of life-death. The strength, courage and understanding given to untold others cannot be erased. In this case, today's news does not negate yesterday's triumph...
Spending almost as much time up or down a man as they did at full strength, the Crimson "special teams"--the penalty-killers and power play--were put to the test. Some awesome B.U. defense muted the icemen while one man up, but equally stellar penalty-killing by the Crimson not only provided a life for the young pucksters, but--yest, we'll go out on a limb--saved the game...
Mark Fusco, who not only played awesome hockey on penalties, but starred during the five or so minutes the teams played at full strength, credits practice with bringing the penalty-killing unit around. "We finally did what we were told to do in practice," Fusco said with a grin after the game. "We were just more intense...
...should not eat until later. It is only the afternoon. We will need strength tomorrow," Kamik said in his stilted accent...
Anthropomorphism is Lobel's strength: all of his creatures appear to be good-natured humans in animal suits. In Tales of Oliver Pig (Dial; $5.89) he illustrates Jean Van Leeuwen's prose with a family of pigs whose siblings squabble, whose mother has bouts of sadness and whose father can be arbitrary as well as forgiving. A bit hamhanded, but certain to be hogged by parents and children who know why Aesop told human truths with a cast of animals...