Word: stephen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Senate that Republicans place their greatest hopes. While the factors and faces can change drastically by November, a number of interesting races are shaping up. Among them: OHIO. Democrat Stephen Young, 80, is retiring; two of the state's most popular Republicans are bruising each other in their rush to take his place. James Rhodes, the highly successful two-term Governor, and Congressman Robert Taft Jr., who hopes to follow in his famed father's footsteps, are headed for a punishing primary that only Democrats will enjoy. Despite allegations of misconduct leveled against him by LIFE magazine, Rhodes...
...Mark Ptashne, Biochemistry; William P. Reinhardt, Chemistry; Ronald V. Book, DEAP; Thomas B. W. Kirk, Physics; James F. Hays, Geological Science; Arthur M. Jaffe. Physics; Stephen J. Gould, Geological Science...
...Your article about Stephen Potter reminds me of a lecture that he gave at the University of Illinois when I was a student there. As I recall, the head of the English Department introduced Mr. Potter with the remark that he had never understood English humor and sometimes doubted its existence. The professor illustrated his view: He had heard someone telling the old joke about the male robin who, upon finding a brown egg in his nest, inquired of his wife regarding this phenomenon. She replied that she had done it for a lark. The professor remembered having heard...
...STEPHEN H. YOZELL Marblehead, Mass...
...privilege to know Stephen Potter, captain of all gamesmen [Dec. 12]. But he got me one-down by a mistake. In his Lifemanship (1950), a footnote to the "Yes, but not in the South" variant of the Canterbury Block reads: "I am required to state that World Copyright of this phrase is owned by its brilliant originator, Mr. Pound...