Word: talled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more like a crew cox than a soccer player; but he's done the job this year going up against much larger fullbacks who double- and triple-team him as he streaks down the sideline. "He may be small, but get the ball to his feet and he stands tall," said Ford...
...Speaking of disco queens. Grace Jones will host a Halloween celebration this Saturday evening at the Chateau de Ville in Framingham. I don't know much about her, and even less about Framingham, but I seem to recall a photo of her, six feet tall with a shaven head, bursting into a disco on a motorcycle. Something like that. Should be interesting, anyway, considering it wasn't even Halloween then...
German spies and student demonstrations don't sweep through Cambridge often; everyday life in the pipe-filled tunnels is much less glamorous. Tall tales and legends aside, most undergraduates rarely come into contact with the network. Some sharp observers, however, will note that through early fall, a swath of grass in the Yard stays green longer than the rest, and through winter that patch melts away its cover of snow and remains in sight. These few will see beneath the legend of the Harvard tunnels...
...Serge Obolensky, 87, Russian prince who became a publicist and international socialite; in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. Scion of a wealthy White Russian family and husband of Czar Alexander II's daughter, the Oxford-educated Obolensky fled his native country after battling Bolsheviks as a guerrilla fighter. The tall, mustachioed aristocrat subsequently divorced Princess Catherine, married the daughter of American Financier John Jacob Astor, settled in the U.S. and worked with his brother-in-law, the real estate entrepreneur Vincent Astor. During World War II, Obolensky at 53 became the U.S. Army's oldest paratrooper and earned...
After seeking all sorts of remedies for my miserable 5-7 record following the weird first two weeks of predicting, I headed to the Harvard Pro last Friday night and purchased a six-pack of Schlitz sixteen-ouncers. Downing three of the tall-boys before making my picks, I ended up with six right, zero wrong...