Word: betaken
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...H.A.A. was in quite a stew yesterday. For the one and only Eddie Morris, announcer par excellence, had betaken himself off to Washington and left the announcing job at the G.B.I. meet to take care of itself. No one knows just why the inimitable Morris went to Washington but Dame Rumor hath it that he's going on the stump for General Hugh Johnson...
...Vagabond has fled the halls of Harvard and betaken himself to a fairer place than even Cambridge town, which is not difficult if he remembers his Cambridge. Inasmuch as he plans to sojourn here for some weeks far from the madding crowd it will be best to describe this place for his readers. There are no Georgian Houses with gold leaf and emblazoned shields, there are no Georgian cafeterias, there are no Deans, and there is no scaffolding to hide the works...