Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...neighbors across the Pacific. The price is very high. The actual cost is evidenced by the freshly turned turf in Arlington and the crowded wards of our military hospitals. In these places lie the quiet ones-the givers. We never hear from them because they are not vocal. We hear only from the selfish who are unwilling to see their country through another trying period. These folks with back trouble are not new to the American scene. We heard them in the early '40s and '50s when they told us America could not meet the test of history...
Spectators may not be immediately impressed, because the results show up not in spectacular plays but in the final score. The defense is as conservative as the most vocal critics accused the offense of being two years ago. The idea of a "monster back" or "rover," which has caught on with many other League teams, is too much in the nature of a gamble for the Crimson. But while it is hard for the average fan to appreciate, Ivy coaches paid their respects to Harvard's defense by selecting Cantabs to four of the eleven All-Ivy defense spots last...
...most recent-and most dramatic-encounter took place last month in Toronto, where Pike participated in a televised séance with the Rev. Arthur A. Ford of Philadelphia, a Disciples of Christ minister and a professional medium who claims that a "spirit control" named "Fletcher" speaks through his vocal cords...
With some vocal exceptions, students generally took the marriage more calmly than did their elders. Even at the University of Texas in Austin, Lloyd Doggett, president of the student body, seemed to speak for the majority when he said: "Everybody has a right to marry whom he wants." Joel Connelly, a Notre Dame junior, thought: "Everyone will stare at them. But I think they can make a go of it. They had the guts to take the biggest step." A participant in a Grinnell College seminar reported: "Everybody thought it was wonderful...
Edmund Dantes Urick) grew up in Maiden, Mass., where he and three older brothers formed a singing team called, at first, the Urick Brothers. They entertained World War II troops in Boston, and by 1955 had become America's top vocal combo. Such hits as Rag Mop, Sentimental Me and The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane sold 25 million records (despite the titles), and the brothers were well on their way to their first million dollars. But in every other respect, recalls Ed, "it was a very unrewarding, uncreative life. At 30, I found everything stagnant and saw nothing...