Word: soon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...qualified as a doctor in Cambridge and soon afterwards, in 1960, wrote "Beyond the Fringe." "I was taking a three week vacation between two jobs when we got together to write the play. It was never intended to be a big thing," he said...
Survival is the question. Most budding poets soon wilt and retire rather than risking sanity in a quixotic struggle to capture and liberate something in themselves. Those who continue probably have no choice. Ironically, that is the only way they can survive. Meanwhile, aspiring writers are stricken with self-doubt about writing. If, as Pound wrote, "The scientists are in terror/and the European mind stops," they wonder whether they shouldn't feel slightly embarrassed penning verse. Perhaps the class of 1910 could confidently strive for greatness, but the class of 1970 no longer knows what greatness...
...happened. Sophomore wing Tom Paul slipped a puck between. Barton's pads and the left post to bring Harvard to within a goal, and at 18:44, Mellor was sent off for tripping DeMichele on a breakaway. Harvard had a man advantage, which soon became doubled when Durno was pulled in favor of a sixth skater with a minute remaining. But the Crimson substitute jumped onto the ice before Durno had fully entered the bench, and the ensuing penally nullified the Harvard advantage...
...push start. She had no shoes, so she stood with one foot on top of the other, danced lightly on her toes, or sat on the car. She said that it looked like there were a lot of freaks on the road-someone ought to stop pretty soon. I said that was what I had thought, but that all the time I had been in New Mexico. I had had lousy luck on the road. The freaks gave the peace sign. I said, the straights gave you the shaft, and they all drove right by. She said, "Yeah, well they...
...more I thought about it, the more excited I became. We waved good-bye to Key West and landed under armed guard in Havana. All the way down, the pilot reassured us that transportation back to the States would be provided as soon as possible. The stewardess apologized for the inconvenience. I imagined businessmen bitching about Castro and Yankee matrons trembling in mortal fear of the Enemy. Someone would ask the customs man which way to the casinos...