Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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"That is why I want scientists active in all the levels of government," Snow adds. For they are trained in foresight, while politicians are "masters of the short-term solution." Scientists "have it within them to know what a future-directed society feels like, for science itself, in its human...
† To be published next spring as a Book-of-the-Month Club selection by Harvard University Press. f Lindemann found yolks to be "too exciting."
With the first kickoff of the first college game in September, a small band of cold-eyed men began their annual, continent-wide search for football talent. While fans all about them cheered and sang, the pro scouts of the National Football League, pencils gently cradled in their huge hands...
Most of the pro scouts agreed that 1960's linemen were, on the whole, more promising than the backs. Some headlined college stars were shrugged off as lacking the overpowering speed, size or strength to stick with the pros. When the N.F.L. player draft is held later this month...
Ends: Dan La Rose, 21, Missouri; 6 ft. 4 in., 221 Ibs. Mike Ditka, 21, Pittsburgh; 6 ft. 3 in., 218 Ibs. Excerpt from a scout's report on Ditka: "Pound for pound, as fine a college player as there is in the U.S." On LaRose: "Great man at...