Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With the diverse interests of the organization's members-from Maine potato growers to Florida citrus farmers, California orchardists to Wisconsin dairymen, and hog, peanut, cotton, livestock, wheat, rice and corn growers scattered in between-it is a wonder that Shuman is able to make a coherent presentation on anything. Yet surveys by farm magazines show that a majority of the Farm Bureau's members approve of the organization's policies as articulated by Shuman...
...best hitter in baseball. "When Henry looks out at that pitcher," says Bobby Bragan, "it's like an animal stalking its prey." Says Los Angeles' Sandy Koufax, baseball's No. 1 pitcher, with 21 victories already in the bank: "It's no wonder his name begins with a double...
...Katzenbach told the Miami convention, "the poor man sees the law as something which garnishees his salary, which repossesses his refrigerator, which evicts him from his house, which cancels his welfare, which binds him to usury, or which deprives him of his liberty because he cannot afford bail. Small wonder then that the poor man does not respect the law." Small wonder, too, that the present system has tended to produce "lay intermediaries"-the very specter that appalls the bar. And as people seek legal advice from union officials, real estate agents and even neighborhood notaries, pressure mounts for group...
...disadvantaged in my neighborhood." Trying to "Rate." Many teachers find that kind of saucy intelligence more promising than the studied sophistication they often get in their regular classes. "They respond in a rare and open way," says Yale's Morris Kaplan. "They're still capable of wonder." The kids, too, appreciate the frank talk. "Nobody ever thought I had an idea worth listening to," said a Western Washington girl. "So I never told anybody anything." Another student admitted that she had wasted her earlier high school years trying to "rate" among her friends. "I've learned more...
Then Coach Otto Graham sent in a new quarterback-Notre Dame's John Huarte (pronounced Hew-art), 22, last year's Heisman Trophy winner. In a matter of seconds, the 68,000 spectators were sitting up and beginning to wonder who was the pro and who the amateur. Calmly sidestepping blitzing Brown linebackers, Huarte effortlessly picked apart the Cleveland pass defense. In one spectacular stretch in the third quarter, he completed six consecutive passes, moved the All-Stars 80 yds. for their first touchdown. The next time he got the ball, he did it again. The score: Browns...