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Nine conversations out of ten are apt to bring out one's collegiate affiliation. A casual remark, such as, "When I was at Harvard the subway ran from Cambridge to Boston in seven minutes," is totally useless. It is impossible to minimize the effect of the word "Harvard" on alien ears. Casual reference will be regarded as a sly way fr one to get across his background...
Along with the characteristics considered desirable (high rump and no tail) go various congential weaknesses. When two Manx cats are mated, their kittens are apt to turn out feeble. After the fourth generation, most kittens are born dead. Thus, the usual methods of multiplying and stabilizing a special breed of cats are ruled...
During the demonstration in Germany, the Decca Navigator made a strong impression on U.S. pilots who fly the Berlin Corridor, where trigger-happy Russians are apt to fire on straying airplanes. Rivals of Decca point out that it uses long-wave radio waves and is therefore apt to be bothered by static. Decca replies that special static-proof antennas and similar devices have practically licked the static problem...
Anyone who has ever stood in a trout stream and felt the compelling pull of fast water on his waders, or felt the blood-rousing strike of a hungry bass, is apt to be a confirmed fisherman forever after...
...thing, all the teachers were Roman Catholic nuns. There were Catholic pictures on the walls, and most of the textbooks were written by Roman Catholic authors. For prizes, the school gave out small religious statues; it taught Catholic songs, said Catholic prayers, and on holy days, it was apt to shut down. Even its report cards were different: they not only graded pupils on their progress in religious training, they also bore the heading "Diocese of Rockford...