Word: underweight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Astonishing Life. The reader may almost feel sorry that she has exchanged the mystic's mad glint for the calm smile of a mere lover of humanity. And the parable of the Fat Lady may seem intellectually underweight. But Zooey's lyric rant is not a seminarian's thesis; it is a gift of love received from Seymour and transmitted to a distraught, prayer-drunk, 20-year-old girl. Apart from questioning the depth of this message, critics?notably Alfred Kazin, who apologizes solemnly for having to say it?have suggested that the Glass children are too cute...
...Engineers of Lehigh could likewise sweep the 147, 157, and 167 lb. classes. Representing Harvard will be Tom Owsley (147), Bob Kolodney (157), and J.C. von Helms (167). If von Helms can make 147, however, Crimson coach Bob Pickett may switch him with Owsley, who would wrestle 20 pounds underweight...