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...Harvard Cooperative Society will expand its retail sales operation this fall into the office space above the Oxford Ale House on Church...
...writings of Zane Grey and St. Francis of Assisi? Wooden is also a deacon in the First Christian Church of Santa Monica. He reads the Bible daily. He neither smokes nor drinks and will not tolerate profanity. On occasion, he will partake of a "Pat Boone Special" (ginger ale with a dash of grape juice). His strongest expletive is "Goodness gracious sakes alive!" And after a tough day on the court, he unwinds by reading poetry (Shakespeare, Shelley, Whitman). Or, if he needs a special uplift, he will dash off a few lines of his own. Sample...
...smell is from her." His face reddening, he shouted at Mrs. Cheshire, "You're nothing but a $2 broad. . . Here's $2, baby, that's what you're used to." With that, he stuffed two dollar bills into Mrs. Cheshire's empty ginger-ale glass and marched...
...taken up by the huge editorial table, and the cumbersome stove, are gathered about a dozen men, lolling in the window-seats, seated upon the paper-box or around the table. On the table is a large bowl of mild punch, a bottle or so of Bass's Ale (for the men in training) and a can of crackers. Near each man is a glass filled with his chosen drink, and scattered about at convenient intervals are piles of crackers. Smoke from pipes, cigars, and cigarettes curls gracefully from the lips of the smokers to the thin blue cloud which...
Olde England-the phrase conjures visions of red-cheeked lads frolicking with shy maids, of nut-brown ale bubbling in pewter flagons, and sturdy oak-beamed, thatched-roof cottages. These days, the red-cheeked lads and shy maids are living it up in Chelsea, and the nut-brown ale is thin and sour, but cottages with roofs thatched in reed or straw are back in style. The British government is acting to preserve the best examples, and the thatchers themselves -an independent breed that was dying out-suddenly have more work than they can possibly handle...