Word: bicking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dean Bundy, however, could adorn the one dollar bill, Master Perkins the five, and John R. Thompson on the hundred. The thousand would remain bland until someone donates a new theatre. The revenue problem would be solved by a toll road on Mass. Avenue, a sales tax on the Bick, the Waldorf, Elsie's and Cahaly's, and a Casino to be instituted in Memorial Hall...
...take in the teas at the master's place; if you don't like the sandwiches, you can always clip the silver for your hope chest. But for really tough silverware, you can't beat the Bick. Freshmen and other undesirables eat at the Waldorf, but the "in-group" gathers at the Bick at 4 a.m., when the fresh pastry arrives...
July. Marlon Brando will be a smash hit in Peter Pan. Liberace is refused, the lectureship going to Senator Knowland. The President of the Class of '96 will resign asking, "Whatever happened to us leftists?" In the world of food, Elsie will deny she owns Cronin's. The Hayes-Bick will reserve four tables for poets only and both Mike's Club and Harry's Arcade will remove food counters to make room for more pinball machines...
...even finished his pudding when his date took his arm and suggested they leave. He ignored her scowl when he strode past the door which a girl was holding open for her friend. After bidding a farewell, he bid a hasty retreat to Hayes-Bick...
After months of treading that narrow, slushy path from Sever to The Bick, Cambridge life spreads like the lush Ivy on Widener's walls. Many paths head out through the Yard gates, some towards the banks of the Charles, others towards the beach and tennis courts, others just winding aimlessly through hot May sunshine...