Word: walke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Winston Churchill (as his legend has it) escaped from a Boer prison camp a few hours before he would have received a pardon. In 1951 the Virginian was a bashful, 50-year-old boy on whose career the gossipists were already dropping lilies. Then came the most famous walk-down of them all, High Noon, and here was Hollywood in top form: fashioning a Galahad suit of shining corn for an actor who did not have...
Boone relieved him and struck out the first batter; but a walk, sacrifice fly, and a single off Boone's leg brought in three runs before the end of the inning. The lefthander set the side down in the ninth with only a walk...
...knows much about Middlebury's lacrosse, "but they are no Yale or Princeton," according to Munro. Despite injuries to key players, Harvard is expected to walk all over Middlebury "but," Munro warned, "complacency could make them giants...
...foot intervals, into the ledge around the interior court. In these holes were inserted poles with strings dangling from the end. At the end of each string there is a nine inch gilt owl which sways menacingly in the wind. The pigeons have been fearless, however, and continue to walk and roost on the ledge with no thought of their own safety...
...soul of a child, argued Montessori, develops through "periods of sensitivity," when he has a preternatural bent to walk, talk, or advance in some other respect. These periods must be nurtured; the child must be allowed to take utmost advantage of his yearning to master chaos. Since success encourages learning, the child must also move at his own pace, step by step, gaining confidence through competence. To guarantee all this, Montessori developed what she called "the prepared environment"-a system in essence much like today's programed learning...