Word: christening
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Thanks to everyone who took the time to send in answers to the quiz. The winner of "The Ultimate Baseball Book" is the team of Tim Christen-feld, Eames Demetrios, Chuck Lane and Carol Bezirganian of E entry in Canaday. The freshman foursome answered 114 of the questions correctly in an awesome display of procrastination. Honorable mention must go to Ben Zurier of Weld Hall who soloed his way to 94 correct answers. The winners should call The Crimson [495-7890] to claim their prize...
...Philip C. Thibodeau of Dedham was all for the O'Halloran plan. "It's an extremely crooked river," said he. "The name Curley River would be most appropriate. We could settle for one of the more crooked sections of the Charles, preferably in a Democratic precinct, and christen that area 'The Curley Way.' You know, like Hell's Gate at the narrows near New York City...
...Giving a name," Thomas Carlyle once said, "is a poetic art." Perhaps, but it can also be a trying one. Item: Retreating before the distemper of feminists who do not like all hurricanes to bear women's names, Government meteorologists this year will christen storms not only Aletta but Bud and Daniel and Fico. Item: A national chain, Sambo's Restaurants, has run into stern resistance in New England, where civil rights groups are trying to ban the name because of allegedly racist overtones. Item: A young man who asked a Minnesota court to change his name...
...only fitting that such a meet should officially christen Harvard's new aquatic temple. The days of bowling crowds and the blackboard-like scoreboard of the IAB are over. The meet has been sold out for two days, and not just to excited architecture students who want to see the inside of the building, but for the spectators who know a classic matchup when they...
...christen thee Olympic Bravery," cried Christina Onassis, as she smashed a bottle of champagne last October against the blunt bow of the first giant tanker to be delivered to the Onassis fleet since she took over its management after the death of her father, Aristotle Onassis. The 275,000-ton ship, which earlier had undergone successful sea trials, headed from Brest on her maiden voyage on Jan. 24 and ran into a sudden squall. Then the ship's engines inexplicably quit, leaving it to drift in 60-m.p.h. gusts; the 30-man crew dropped two anchors but the anchor...