Word: manned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wasserman caught the tragic essence of Don Quixote's comic role. In a tricky but effective device, he fused author and hero into one character, and let both proclaim: "To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, and never to stop dreaming or fighting-this is man's privilege and the only life worth living." Viewers and critics inclined to snicker at such idealism missed the point of a fine TV drama whose central theme was man's eternal search for truth...
...Best of all, he had a yen to play rugby. After all, he had been good at games back in the U.S., and he stood a lean, big-boned 6 ft. 1½ in., 205 Ibs. The rugby prospect: Rhodes Scholar and Infantry Lieut. Pete Dawkins, 21, No. 10 man in his class at West Point (1959), first captain of cadets, baritone in the cadet choir, captain of the undefeated football team, and All-America halfback...
...football and rugby are as different as chalk and cheese. Rugger players wear no padding, kick on the run, cannot block downfield or throw a forward pass. When a back is tackled, he must release the ball so it can be put back in play by the nearest man. Playing for Brasenose College before a handful of fans scattered through bare wooden stands, Dawkins at first pulled a tyro's gaffes. He kept up a steady stream of American-style pepper talk until he learned that tradition allows only the captain to chatter encouragement. On defense, his jarring, head...
Early Monday morning, long-distance calls begin to ring Endicott 8-8511 at the University of Delaware in Newark. Down in the coaches' office in the dank cellar of the century-old athletic building, a boyish-faced man answers. On the other end of the line may be one of the most renowned coaches in college football-perhaps Northwestern's Ara Parseghian, or Louisiana State's Paul Dietzel, or Iowa's Forest Evashevski. They want advice...
...man overseas faculty, Maryland hires at least 100 new teachers annually. Most are professors on leaves or sabbaticals, lured by adventure or a chance for research. Little else draws them: families-in-residence are discouraged and classes follow the troops. During his year in the program, a lecturer (the same title for all) can end up teaching in four or five countries. In his ten years, the program's Dean Ray Ehrensberger has flown almost a million miles...