Word: armes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dance. He was accepted, and by mid-semester was elected to Orchesis, the honorary dancing society. Leeper did his own choreography for the Orchesis show, in which he will wear a fluffy tutu (ballet costume) neatly ornamented by a tattooed Marine motto, Semper Fidelis, on his ham-sized left arm. So far, Leeper has managed to keep his head. Says he: "I'd still rather throw a block in football than throw one of the girls in the dance...
...Farino really does throw with a golden arm, the local varsity may well be in for a troubled afternoon. The Army game made it clear that the Crimson's regularly voluminous attack is apt to shrink before a good pitcher...
...course, I'm not there," said Ike, but Presidential Disarmament Adviser Harold Stassen, attending London meetings, had indicated that "we are now engaged in the most serious talks on disarmament . . . since World War II." This brought on a query on armament: Since the U.S. has agreed to arm Britain with guided missiles without atomic warheads, does the U.S. plan similarly to place guided-missile sites "all around the Soviet Union?" Said Ike: "Well, I wouldn't comment on the general policy. I will merely say this: we have no such plans...
...Ventilation systems were ordered for the state jails. The pay of village headmen was ostentatiously raised from $6.75 a month to a maximum of almost $11 a month. In a "gesture of mercy," the Communists promised to release 500 "political" prisoners, many of whom proved to be Red strong-arm men; they were promptly dispatched on a tour of the countryside to decorate platforms alongside Red speakers...
...Most complex of the additional senses, with more paraphernalia in the brain than even the sense of sight, is No. 12, proprioception or position sense. Test it thus: "Close your eyes and slowly lift your arm. Although you are able to feel no touch sensation, still you can sense your arm's changing position in relation to the rest of your body...