Word: auguste
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...frogs declined. Whether Cecil was lonely for Penelope nobody could tell, for most platypuses are somewhat phlegmatic anyway (exception: saucy Penelope, who perhaps left Cecil for that very reason). Last week Cecil died. Zoo officials performed an autopsy, concluded that old age had killed him. Sentimental newspapers (including the august New York Times) said that Cecil's heart was broken. If it were true he never let on, being the phlegmatic sort...
...hypothetical to consider," his government is officially dedicated to the proposition that it welcomes all Jews, and Israel is sentimentally committed in particular to Russia's Jews, since Ben-Gurion, Moshe Sharett and many other Israeli leaders were born in Russia. When Ben-Gurion said last August: "The survival and peace of the state of Israel require the addition of at least 2,000,000 Jews in the near future," he was thinking of Russia's 3,000,000 Jews-because nowhere else in the world are there so many Jews eager and willing to go to Israel...
...Captain Matthew V. Carson Jr.. logged a mutinous crew and foul weather ahead. The companies were asked to cut imports 10% below their 1954-to-1956 levels, bring in only 755,700 bbl. of foreign crude a day. But Captain Carson's first statistics showed a daily August total of 982,300 bbl. The companies themselves estimate daily imports from now through December at 849,300 bbl. Though he professed no dismay. Carson warned tautly: "The only alternative to this program is mandatory action by the President, and I feel certain that such action will be taken...
...United States the majority of the flu cases have been reported in coastal or port areas--California had 25,000 cases by August 17, Houston, Dallas, and New York City have both reported what are still minor outbreaks, Louisiana and Mississippi have a total of 45,000. No cohesive attempt, however, has or can be made to distribute vaccine on a geographical basis, starting at the oceans and working inland...
...Radcliffe Student Council won second prize in a "best projects contest" at the 10th National Student Congress of the USNSA at the University of Michigan in August. Harvard's Student Council placed third...