Word: boulder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exist, Camus argued in The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) that the certainty of death made life itself a ridiculous charade, and therefore "absurd." He likened man's lot to the somber task of the Greek mythic hero Sisyphus, who was condemned by the gods to roll a huge boulder to the top of a hill, only to see it roll down again, to the end of time. But from this recognition Camus drew his own peculiar sustenance: "Crushing truths perish by being acknowledged," i.e., knowledge of one's absurd fate is a kind of Pyrrhic victory over absurdity...
...they approached the large boulder at the beginning of the last half-mile straightaway, however, Reider called on his reserve, and the diminutive track captain sprinted past Daly to win going away in 20:7, excellent early season time...
...will probably launch a trial earth satellite some time this fall, perhaps in October. Speaking last week before a meeting of the International Scientific Radio Union, which drew delegates from 23 nations to the University of Colorado in Boulder, the Navy's Dr. John P. Hagen, civilian scientist, gave the most complete report yet on U.S. plans to launch a covey of man-made moons in the International Geophysical Year (June 30, 1957 through...
Bing Crosby's languid baritone drifted through the University of Omaha field house-"drifting and dreaming, while shadows fall." The brawny, crew-cut young men in T shirts and gym shorts couldn't wait for the shadows. A boulder-built (5 ft. 6 in., 150 Ibs.) wingback named Jerry Hunter sidled up to a hulking (6 ft. 3 in., 220 Ibs.) Negro tackle named Al Brown and asked: "May I have this dance?" Another time, another place, and Hunter might have earned a poke in the teeth. But this was Physical Education 251, and Tackle Brown minded...
...first time in twelve years. Navy's football team was better than Notre Dame's in virtually every department. The middies smothered the green Irish squad, 33-7. Oklahoma's national champions took a long while to get started in the thin air of Boulder, Colo., finally whipped Colorado, 27-19. Minnesota needed a last-minute field goal to remain undefeated and beat Pitt 9-6. In the Ivy League, Columbia made retiring Coach Lou Little a present of his last home game by upsetting Cornell...