Word: backed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...might think that there are no serious, valid reasons for students who want to live out to do so. But there are reasons, such as privacy and avoidance of beer-party fraternizing or the need for seclusion. For some there is the need to escape the routine of trekking back and forth from the dining hall and bothering with the social amenities in order to manage serious academic accomplishment in their last two years. And some men just want to feel less like a college boy and more like an individual. This feeling is not without parallel in the Harvard...
...when well-handled; if that were not the case, serious American drama would practically be wiped out. But Mr. Lamkin's dialogue is spotted with cliches. "And we laughed, oh, how we laughed. We were the happiest people on earth, without a care," and "Talking won't bring it back, Isabel. It's gone, it's gone," are representative samples. Mr. Lamkin writes so well for Mr. Scott that it is difficult to understand how he can write so badly for nearly everyone else. Many of these excrescences will probably be written out; the wonder is that they ever...
Establishment of the lines would not affect any building now in existence, but would prevent further construction within a 65-foot wide strip down the street. Part of the Health Center might have to be set back as much as 25 feet from the present edge of the street...
...building line recommendation was made early in the summer, but at that time the Council sent it back to the Planning Board for further study. On Monday the Council received additional information on the plan and sent the recommendation to the Ordinance Committee...
Glass will be used extensively in the structure; the theatre's west wall and back side will be almost entirely glass. In addition, the auditorium area will be surrounded on the second level with offices, dressing areas, a canteen, and other rooms...