Word: ups
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Carl Sandburg's method with Lincoln is to light up in every way possible the men and the problems he faced from week to week, to relate with exactness what he did and said, to tell in their own words what the contemporaries thought or printed about it (Nicolay...
>Lincoln was up against a Congress in which at one time there were just three Representatives defending him. During the bitterest weeks of the war his own family came under suspicion of treason. One of the most awesome scenes in the book is that of the secret meeting which the...
When Sandburg's eloquence rises to the occasion offered by his story's end, it lifts up toward something by no means common in U. S. writing. The chapter on Lincoln's assassination and death is surgical in the closeness of its reporting, until it breaks-with...
"A good average squad" is the opinion Coach Larry Peterson has of his Yardling swimmers after a week of conditioning workouts. About 50 Freshmen reported for practice last week, and although none have been timed as yet, they show signs of shaping up into a satisfactory team.
Potential material for the distance free style events are Bus Curwen, who prepped at Exeter, and Frank German, from Cleveland. Bob Stires also shapes up as a good distance swimmer but he seems versatile enough to serve as a general utility man.