Word: tacks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...original novel, by Morton Thompson, is 948 pages, too long for even Anhalt to memorize. Instead, he read the book three or four times, then ripped off the binding; "I would take those pages which gave me a jazz-for any reason-and tack them up on the wall. I ended up with perhaps 100 pages which excited me. Then I would thread my continuity between that excitement, frequently changing the general moral tone of the book, or its purpose, to fit that excitement...
...have the papers now taken a different tack? Most have simply gone the way of the community. Worried about economic injury from bad publicity, power structures in many cities have pressured papers to tone down their diatribes. "Most of the newspapers have only been a weathervane, not a guide," remarks one Alabama editor. "There is no evidence of a crisis of conscience," says McGill. "The Civil Rights Act did many newspapers a great favor. The diehards can now bow out gracefully by saying...
Crimson heavyweight Tack Chace also moved to the second-round of the consolations, drubbing Jim Traunsteiner of Pitt, . But Paul Goble of Rutgers, who had beaten Chace 4-2 in a regular-season match this year, downed him again...
Howie Henjyoji at 123, Howie Durfee at 137, Captain Ben Brooks at 191, and heavyweight Tack Chace all won their first matches for Harvard. Chace scored the Crimson's only fall so far in the tournament by pinning Steve Pitler of Temple...
...create much of a stir. Captain Ben Brooks at 191 and Howie Durfee at 137 are good wrestlers for the Ivy League, but they have little chance to upset the machines from powers like Lehigh, Penn State, and Syracuse. Howie Henjyoji at 123, Tom Gilmore at 130, and Tack Chace at heavy-weight all have had disappointing seasons, despite glimmers of brilliance...