Word: lefthander
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shrady, 61, has been described as a "modern conservative," and the phrase aptly describes the neoclassical character of his doors. The twelve panels tell the story of the life, death and heavenly triumph of Mary, from her birth to St. Anne and her presentation in the temple (lower lefthand panels) through her Assumption into heaven, and ultimate veneration as Mother of the Church. The figures are angular, lean and ascetic, suggesting portraits by El Greco. Shrady cast forty individual hands for the work, because he believes that they "express everything...
Alumni gifts have allowed establishment of many of these series. One of the oldest, and the largest, is the Loeb Classical Library, a 400-volume presentation of Greek and Latin works with the original text on the lefthand page and the translation on the right. Supported by a $300,000 endowment, it is the bequest of James C. Loeb '88, a bachelor banker who after his retirement in 1901 lived in a Bavarian castle surrounded by books...
...righthand punch," he says. "I told him to take the power of this country and with it keep our word and our honor and protect the lives of our boys to the maximum extent possible. I told Rusk and Goldberg that they're my lefthand punch...
...First get into trouble. Hook the ball up against a tractor shed on the lefthand side of the fairway. Then try the Upside Down Shot, by reversing a No. 7 iron and swinging lefthanded. Then there is the Hanging Lie for those happy times when the ball nestles on the far lip of a trap; back to the pin, you scoop up the ball with a wedge, and flip it over your head onto the green. After that there's the Kneeling Shot. "For any distance from 180 yds. to 230 yds.," writes Hahn, "this shot is amazingly simple...
...Then, after inserting another coin, he gingerly eases the handle forward until he feels tension, pauses, eases the handle even more gingerly farther down until he hears two clicks, returns handle to its normal position and gives it a sharp, final yank. If expertly performed, this maneuver freezes the lefthand symbol, usually brings up a corresponding symbol on the second reel as well. If not, repetition of the process-and more change-will. A few more coins, a few more pulls to bring the third reel round, and hi-ho, Silver...