Word: almost
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...words out loud--"regiments of schizophrenics, paranoiacs, and manic-depressives"--they sound almost musical. If you write them out, you get nowhere. And if you actually get them in print, you are liable to be sought by the Associated Press for a feature story --which is what happened to our Professor Hooton...
...only reason that we haven't released our plan to the press is that Mr. Hooton got there first. If we could only find that schoolboy essay of ours, we'd almost be willing to claim plagiarism. But the public has the story now, and it's just as well it came from Mr. Hooton. We were always a bit shy about talking to reporters, and by the time we got to those grown-up ideas and long words, we'd have to call on the Professor anyway...
...taking a date to the Penn game this Saturday you will probably have to walk into the stadium to a pair of seats somewhere between the goal line and the 15 yard stripe. Don't be embarrassed about it though, because almost every other Harvard man taking a girl to the game is in the same...
This type of story perennially springs up about almost everybody in the business. Whether it is true or not, Bunny is going to be worth hearing. As for Mr. Crosby, this is a band that, besides doing most things extremely well, plays slow blues in a way that is worth hearing. Most of the good lead men in the band are from New Orleans, and therefore playing good blues is practically second nature to them. More about this fine bunch next week when a little more space is lying around...
...dozen of them have already taken refuge in the International House whose non-profit rates have packed the dollar with new buying power. Rooms that go for $5 or $6 a week on the usual Cambridge auction block have been reduced to $2.50. Meals are only $7. Almost like Good Housekeeping's "Dream House", the cooperative venture stands as a model that might well be imitated...