Word: belfasters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...those who wear the Green. And, as usual, the cloud has an Orange lining. While Dublin Cheers and New York sends up its annual blue-coated paean to Shamrock land, the lads up north in Ulster must keep silent and dare not even march the streets of Belfast or toast Parnell with Irish Stout...
Along with the late-blooming asters and chrysanthemums, the end of summer brought a blossoming of learned conferences, all dedicated to the hopeful (and frequently alarming) pursuit of progress: ¶The British Association for the Advancement of Science, in Belfast, was greeted at its 114th session by its previous president, the Duke of Edinburgh. Theme of the conference: "Of what use is science if man does not survive?" Discussion ranged from the number of mouse hairs contained in a pound of flour (there may be as many as 180), to a time-motion study of the Royal Navy (only...
...untimely applause. He has locked the doors on latecomers. He has lectured and admonished audiences from the podium in picturesque and often vivid language. According to Sir Thomas, the British are "a race of barbarians" consistently guilty of musical "turpitude in the lowest degree"; Sheffield "is not civilized"; Belfast Corp. members are "intellectual thugs"; and Seattle is "an esthetic dustbin...
Shortly after midnight on June 30, a couple of young sailors from H.M.S. Belfast, on shore leave in Kobe, grabbed a Japanese cabby by the neck, robbed him of $5 and adjourned to a bar. They were caught, drinks in hand, and last week each was sentenced to 2½ years at hard labor. It was the first sentence pronounced on foreigners since Japan regained her independence last April. The judge was careful to point out that the British tars got only half the minimum prescribed by Japanese law for assault and robbery...
William L. Soule '53 of Belfast, Maine, and Dunster House was elected yesterday Head Cheerleader for next year. Soule has been a cheerleader for one season...