Word: weight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...measure of any strong conscience's invincibility. "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly," Thoreau wrote, "the true place for a just man is also a prison. A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight. If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose...
...nature of any great society, on the role of the public as willing and biased spectator to such incidents, on the intricacies of cause and effect, sickness and punishment. That the questions are raised is sufficient testament to the mood created by an objective narrative framework; that the ponderous weight of available answers is avoided speaks as eloquently for Capote's tone as he does through it. In speaking largely through biographical discursions, which balance and pace the actual story, he has given the speculators on crime and criminal processes much more than an abused rhetoric about society's chickens...
Harvard won everything but the two weight events and the 40-yard dash. In the dash, the Eagles' Terry Cochrane upset defending Heptagonal champion Wayne Andersen in the slow time...
...defending NCAA hammer champion, John Flore, who could sweep the weight events; if he is in shape, Bill Norris could be the best miller Harvard will face. But B.U. has little else...
...pattern the match will take seems fairly clear. Harvard's best wrestlers are concentrated in the lighter weight classes, while Cornell solds three powerful men in a row in the upper brackets: Jeff Stephens at 147, Fran Ferrare at 177, and Bob Buchwald...