Word: play
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seemed to be sitting atop a curious paradox. On the one hand, there was the image of President Eisenhower, returning from still another successful good-will trip abroad, where by force of personality and earnest pleadings, he characterized for millions of Latin Americans the U.S. principles of fair play, human dignity and equality (see The Presidency). Yet the President came home to Washington to see what the world also saw: the U.S. Senate ground to a halt by a Southern filibuster that, in broad perspective, seemed dedicated to denying the Southern Negro his constitutional right to vote...
Nevertheless, SAC crews play their deadly game of Beat the Clock as if each alert were the real thing. And when they get the sign-off, they return to their moleholes to await again the sound of that eerie klaxon; it could come again in five minutes or five hours. Usually, though, the alert crews can count on enough time to clean up. "The only time you dare take a shower," says one pilot, "is right after an alert. Some day they'll fool us and blow the horn again just after we get back...
...first book, published in 1918, was titled The Spirit of the Liturgy. Its theme: "To play a game before God. to perform a work of art; not to create, but to be-that is the deepest meaning of the liturgy." In the '20s, as professor of Christian philosophy at the University of Berlin, Father Guardini was one of the luminaries of an intellectually glittering city that included such disparate men as Producer Max Reinhardt, Conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler, Boxer Max Schmeling...
...fact, few teams have ever dominated their sport the way the Boston Celtics rule pro basketball. Going into this week's N.B.A. playoffs, they are top-heavy favorites to defend their league championship, are winning nearly four out of every five games. With two games still to play, the proud Celtics have already toted up 57 victories, five more than the league record they themselves set last year...
...admit that his coaching has worked no miracles: "Remember this-I've got some damn good horses." He has indeed. Guard Bob Cousy is basketball's finest little man (6 ft. 1 in., 175 lbs.). In his tenth season, Cousy is again leading the N.B.A. in play making (9.4 a game), averaging a solid 19.6 points and directing the fast break up the middle with near insolent skill. But the team is so well-balanced that it has no single outstanding high scorer. As many as four men may break 20 points, yet seldom does any one individual...