Word: yeomans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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CHRISTOPHER L. HENRIKSON JR. Chief Yeoman, U.S.N. A.P.O., San Francisco...
Colicos' accomplishment is especially welcome, for it illustrates what can be done by long and dedicated hard work without any pronounced help from lady luck. In the early seasons of the Festival, Colicos was just one of the many actors doing yeoman service in small parts. From Lodovico in Othello, Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, and Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, Colicos was advanced to the important supporting roles of Laertes in Hamlet and Lysander in Midsummer Night's Dream. Then, in the final offering of the 1958 season, he was entrusted with the central role...
Masefield's pungent realism burst upon English poetry, but his worship of the sea was traditional for a maritime nation and his charming pastorals were long echoes of a yeoman past. His most famous short poem, Sea-Fever, was published with his first collection in 1902 and froze the seaman's world for ever in rolling, hypnotic meter...
Broken Records. "The harder surface does mean a few more bruises," says Head Football Coach Bill Yeoman, "but there's an advantage too: knee and ankle injuries are greatly reduced." Reason: on AstroTurf-but not on grass-when a player is tackled hard from an angle his cleats twist free before either ankle or knee can be wrenched...
...Nixon boomlet has especially strong support among Southerners, as well as among Midwestern and Rocky Mountain conservatives, many of whom remain bitter over Romney's refusal to support Barry Goldwater. At the same time, party professionals of every hue are mindful of Nixon's yeoman efforts on the stump both in 1964 and 1966. Separate polls last week by the Associated Press and CBS each showed G.O.P. national committee men-or at least those who responded-preferring Nixon over Romney by 3-to-2 margins. The results, however, may be deceptive. "If you're really undecided...