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...opposite situation exists for freshmen in many Radcliffe dormitories, according to Catherine D. Williston, Dean of Freshmen. The "economy double," a room originally meant to be a single which now houses two girls on bunk beds, can make life difficult for roommates who are not close friends...
...record companies were getting a rude surprise. Through bunk and ballyhoo, they had for decades been turning sows' ears into silk purses. Now they had found a silk purse that had no desire to become a sow's ear. The girl did not want to be exploited, squeezed, and stuffed with cash. Joan eventually signed with a little outfit called Vanguard, which is now a considerably bigger outfit called Vanguard...
...defend himself and his company against the charges of profiteering that George Humphrey last week appeared before Symington's subcommittee. Bland and imperturbable, he was just the sort of witness to enrage emotional Stuart Symington. With a confident smile, Humphrey dismissed the charges of exorbitant profits as "bunk" and "baloney." Right to their faces, Humphrey told South Carolina's Senator Strom Thurmond that he was "confused" and California's Clair Engle that he was "mixed up." To a big company like Hanna (total assets: $450 million), he said, the smelter deal was "small potatoes"; for that matter...
...dean also noted that '65 chose with something new in mind. The popularity of each House coincided almost exactly with the number of rooms available with single beds, as opposed to bunk beds. This factor has not been as important to past classes and has gone unnoticed by the administration. The deans will probably deal with this next year by distributing the double berths from the least favored to the more popular House for the fall of 1963, making it known before freshmen apply...
...woke up and it went away, and I went upstairs to see what it was and I saw my mother and my brother laying on the floor and there was blood all over. I went up to the captain and he shoved me down." She retreated belowdecks to her bunk. Later the captain came into her cabin with what appeared to be a rifle in his hand but left again without harming the girl. Soon water began to flow into the cabin, and when it reached her bunk, Terry Jo climbed up to the cockpit again. There was no sign...