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...Acting Senior Tutor of Dunster House did not assume office--he was carried in feet first. A group of students picked him up, bore him into his official residence, and deposited him on the vestibule with a loud bump. Since then, Dunster men have overrun his place, arranging his furniture, and drinking his excellent sherry. And although Carroll F. "Stan" Miles is heard to complain that his comfortable quarters have become a Central Terminal, everybody knows he loves...
...lousy with 'em) is the "snowbunny." This term is usually mouthed with much contempt by those who "know how." It means that the poor guy hasn't had much experience. He asks straight as far as he can till he meets another skier, or a tree, or a bump, and then he falls down. When he gets up he tries again. But he's happy. He loves the feel of the cool clear crystals in his early, the wind whipping by his watering eyes, and the relaxing ride...
Starting wingback John Ederer, victim of a "bump" in the Colgate victory, exercised along the sidelines without pads, as did long-time invalid end Hank Rate. Ederer will almost surely be able to play Saturday, but Rate--out since the Springfield game--does not figure to see much action against the Indians...
...Republicans reserved time on TV as early as the Democrats, but they did not make firm purchases until after the convention. Result: they found all the best spots already bought up by commercial sponsors. A political party may, by law, bump an advertiser off the air if it wishes-but it must then pay the sponsor the entire cost of the program, plus commissions. In taking over a 45-minute nighttime period next month, the Republicans must not only pay an $80,000 rebate to Pabst beer, but also take the risk of irritating and alienating voters who had been...
...terms are more widely used or abused than "off the record." Even veteran Washington correspondents, who bump up against the term most often, have trouble agreeing on exactly what it means. Last week James ("Scotty") Reston, New York Times Washington correspondent, gave his definition (in describing Adlai Stevenson's recent request for an off-the-record talk with newsmen): "Everything discussed would not even be talked about outside, let alone printed...