Word: boys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Without changing clothes, he sped off from the welcoming ceremonies in Victoria Station to address a luncheon meeting of the upper-crust Pilgrims Society at the Savoy, got a nice introduction from the Pilgrims' Toastmaster Lord Birkett as "a product of that great American tradition that the village boy can rise to high office, [and] has invested the office of Vice President with higher importance and greater prestige than it has ever enjoyed." Nixon in turn made his tribute to Britain: "Every time an American citizen acts politically within the democratic context, we reflect our English heritage." That said...
...problems? Replied Wayne Morse: No, nothing could come of such a meeting. Undaunted, Hatfield went ahead and held his own man-to-man conferences. Last week he worked around to the other half of the Morseberger senatorial team, Morse's onetime protégé and latterday whipping boy, Senator Richard Neuberger. Together Neuberger and Hatfield sat down for tea and a chat that left Wayne Morse frothing with anger...
...Sandburg recalled, for the Saturday Review, some early impressions of an awed offspring of her poet father Carl. One revelation: Liberty Lover Carl often proved less than democratic about the egalitarian reading habits of his kiddies. "I remember," wrote Helga, "an odd group of books called Bongo, the Jungle Boy. This is etched on my brain because one evening my father stopped in at my room to say goodnight as he was going to his attic quarters. Bongo sailed across the room flapping while a thundering voice reverberated, 'Life's too short for this damned tripe...
...fruit (milk is not always on the lunch meal), are much easier to digest, and, therefore, better for the athlete before exerting himself. The price for all this is less than $5 a person (4,000 students x $5 equals $20,000), and you must also remember that each boy can eat only one meal, either at the varsity club or in his house...
...propos of Massachusetts' own, there is a story making the rounds about Kennedy's need for help from the Texas leaders. A Kennedy scout was touting his boy to a Texas politico and finished his spiel with a question: "You don't seem to care about Jack's being a Catholic...