Word: triumph
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reviewer, much of Frank Lloyd Wright's work has disquieting touches of fussy decorativism and makes obsessive use of the forms of nature, reminiscent of the mannered Art Nouveau school. It is in the Bear Run, Pennsylvania, home of Edgar Kaufmann, made in 1938, that Wright scores a complete triumph, a building that is livable, reserved, elegant, yet amazingly natural...
Just five events earlier, American prospects had looked bleak indeed. Taylor's two sprint victories and a surprise triumph by Cambridge's Jim Parker in the high hurdles had given the English a 6-4 lead. The Americans were faced with the task of taking four of the last five events to avoid defeat...
...Oxford's David Churchill leaped 22 ft., 4 in. to edge Harvard's Liles by one-quarter of an inch in the broad jump, and Roger Lane of Oxford hurled the javelin 206 ft., 9 1-2 in. for another British triumph. Taylor tied the meet mark of 9.8 to win the 100, as Landau, Yeomans, and Cambridge's Dewi Roberts...
...American left London in triumph, but there were more laurels to win. The next stop was Dublin's famed Santry Stadium, scene of Herb Elliott's 3:54.5 mile in 1958, and it was there that Dyke Benjamin established himself as perhaps the greatest runner in Harvard history and a candidate for the 1960 Olympic team...
COLUMBIA: The Lions still need a quarterback--any quarterback. Coach Buff Donelli has already matched last years' victory total, but another triumph may be a long time in the making. Harvey Brookins is the best backfield hold-over, and the maturing of last year's freshman team--the best in ten years--may provide help...