Word: woodwards
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Robert B. Woodward, Donner Professor of Science, has won the first Pope Pius XI science medal for his achievements in chemical synthesis...
...world's leading organic chemists, Woodward accomplished the complete synthesis of chlorophyll in 1960 after working on the project four years. "The discovery," Woodward said, "has no practical applications; it is pure science. It just helps us to gain understanding...
This effort helped Woodward earn recognition from the Pontifical Academy of Science, which unanimously voted to present him the medal. The award was created by Pope John XXIII in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the science academy, which was founded by Pope Pius...
Paris Blues (United Artists) has something for the tourists: autumn in Paris. It has something for the cats: regressive jazz by Duke Ellington. It has something for the newspaper ads: a hint of interracial romance. It has something for the marquee: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll, Louis Armstrong. All it lacks is something to pull these parts into a sensible whole...
...American girls-one pink (Woodward), one beige (Carroll)-take a two-week holiday in Paris, where they meet two American boys-one pale (Newman), one brown (Poitier)-in an integrated cave where the boys play sliphorn and piano. At first Newman makes a pass at Carroll, but the kids are quickly segregated, and soon they are in love. For Newman, love is short but art is long; he sends Woodward home and stays in Paris to study music. For Poitier, love is a ticket back to the U.S.; he decides to marry Carroll and join her crusade for racial equality...