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Word: bertrand (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...swallow a piece of notepaper. Police retrieved a segment of the note; it was written in German and signed "Brigitte." The swallower insisted that he was simply a messenger, and that the note was about the "Russell tribunal" (a radical political colloquium in Frankfurt, named for British Lord Bertrand Russell, that discussed West German civil rights violations). He was released, but the curiosity lingered on. Could the Zagreb Brigitte also be the Milanese Brigitte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISTS: A Big Catch in Zagreb | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

...Bertrand L. Halperin '62, professor of Physics, is a member of a delegation of 19 U.S. scientists invited to attend a scientific symposium in Moscow this week. The delegates voted unanimously to cancel their visit after Orlov's sentencing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scientists Cancel USSR Visits To Protest Trial of Dissident | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

...writes with good humor and some gallantry to an illiberal age. His reports of visits with Evelyn Waugh and Bertrand Russell are deft, and so is his mockery of computer-made verse ("Swish green albino dust/ Through avatars unborn"). Of this last, he adds, "Do you think I am poking fun at electronic devices, or the New, Liberated Poesy? Please believe me when I say: I certainly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Waxed Elbow | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

Cornell skates in tonight, loaded with Canadian talent and N.H.L.-type rough play. Lance Nethery, who had five points against Harvard in the 6-3 loss Tuesday night, may be the best forward in the nation. Peter Shier, who coach Dick Bertrand says has "the hardest shot in college hockey," is a blue-chip prospect as a pro defensemen. Goalie Steve Napier is certainly not the best netminder in the East, but he may be the luckiest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Providence Ties, Buoys Icemen | 2/23/1978 | See Source »

Spotty Harvard pressure and a bush league move by Cornell coach Dick Bertrand finally resulted in the iceman's first score. Despite a 4-0 lead, Bertrand proceeded to throw a tantrum and a stick on the ice when Jack Hughes was not called for tripping...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Big Red Belittles Icemen, 6-3 | 2/22/1978 | See Source »

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