Word: bricked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thought again of the blue poster and decided on a different tack. Taking a tremendous breath, he hollered "Yale Wins Today!" and ran along the brick sidewalks as the yell boomed back at him from the walls. Green bags turned slowly and stared at him; the gray flannels glared. This time the people turned around and blocked his way; as he crossed the street, all the cars seemed to leap at him. There was some spirit after all. Vag jumped back quickly, but with a smile on his face. Hitching up his tie, he walked confidently back toward...
...starting Leverett lineup: le, Cadigan; lt, Foster; lg, Burtis; c, Ryan; rg, Maxwell; rt, Zirin; re, Opel; qb, Craig; lh, Bradbury or Gallow; rh, Kaplan or Brick; fb, Cooper...
...calm Sunday morning in Princeton, N.J. and the door of the red brick building was securely locked. Two college boys rattled the knob and shouted: "Einstein! We want Einstein!" Pausing on her way to church, a lady inquired what the matter was. The boys explained: they were fraternity pledges at Bucknell University who had been dumped out the night before on a lonely road 200 miles from Princeton, with orders to thumb their way to "that place where Einstein thinks" and bring back his signature...
...with this feeling of unpleasantness in the air that the denizens of Nassau Hall journeyed forth from their New Jersey haunts to trod the brick side walks of Cambridge. The welcome mat was hardly out, however...
...time to turn to these more dangerous areas. A graceful brick overpass in each trouble spot which not pedestrian would use, or a more expensive underpass which would be no more popular, are two possible solutions. Short of portly policemen behind loudspeakers, the most sensible way to reduce the perils seems to be the installation of two sets of traffic lights or officers, one at the junction of Kirkland and Cambridge Streets and another at the corner in front of Lehman Hall. A shift in location of the Lehman Hall taxi stand, or at least a decrease in its size...