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Stingy was what the seniors called the freshmen when the latter only tossed $159 into the sheet. The freshman and senior pictures are taken on the same day and traditionally the seniors don cap and gown to beg the price of their pictures from the Yearlings. This time the gift was snubbed. Two freshmen partially retrieved the class' fallen honor by contributing $5 apiece...
...cabinet appointments for Northcliffe's approval. Lloyd George remarked: "I would as soon go for a Sunday evening stroll around Walton Heath with a grasshopper as try and work with Northcliffe." When Lloyd George was reelected, Northcliffe blamed Editor Dawson for not fighting him vigorously enough. "I beg you to do either one of two things," Northcliffe wrote Dawson, "endeavor to see eye to eye with me, or to relinquish your position." Then Northcliffe fired him, saying: "Parting with poor Robin is a personal grief to me," but he was a "child in the hands of skilled intriguers...
...insisted that each man be free to accept or reject repatriation, the voting to be supervised by the Red Cross. The Red negotiators insisted that all Communist prisoners be returned to their masters, whether they wanted to go or not. The U.N. Command said that thousands of Red prisoners beg not to be sent back...
...North Atlantic Alliance is a coalition, not a federation; its Supreme Commander Ike Eisenhower can only beg, he cannot compel. How much should each of the twelve partners contribute to the common defense...
...Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country...