Word: cats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Holworthy jam sessions are bad enough of themselves, despaired Winston McClellan '51, but the bagpipes of Leigh Cross '51 across the walk in Thayer Hall are like a cat on the fence that a slipper won't silence...
...Skin a Cat. In Waukegan, Ill., flattered John Stebley, 67, accepted an invitation to join some boys in a football game, survived a pretty rough scrimmage, made it to a bar, discovered his wallet was gone...
...Parliament, Socialist Leader Pietro Nenni, who often acts as a Communist cat's-paw, called for a vote of no-confidence in the Government of Premier Alcide de Gasperi. The Communists were preparing to re-enter the Government, where their disruptive power at this critical time would be greatly increased. The vote was postponed, but for Premier de Gasperi it was a close shave...
...Black Cat, Good Luck. He was booed in Baltimore. In Syracuse one day, the rival team let out a black cat from their dugout as Jackie walked up to bat. Jackie got mad and hit a triple with the bases loaded. By the time the season ended, his doctor told him that he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown, but nobody would have guessed it by looking at his record. Second Baseman Robinson led the International League in batting (with a .349 average) and in fielding (with a .985 average). Montreal won the pennant, and the fans, after...
...Cats & Dogs. Margaret, who will be four this month, started taking lessons last fall and has already learned 18 pieces. Being a little girl, she never sits still very long, so her teacher gives her only 20-minute lessons. Margaret can now read music, but can only pick words like "cat" and "dog" out of her nursery books. (Still, she likes to make a try at reading newspaper headlines, and last week told her mother, "Here's Bilbo on the paper...