Word: chews
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Presumably with a straight face, they offer, among others, such moral gems as "Don't cram before exams;" "Freshmen, play upon to the sophomore and upperclassmen. . . .ask for advice;" "Don't chew gum insistently" (sic); "Don't bring midget radios to the classroom;" "Don't be bashful about reciting;" "Don't change roommates every week--adjust yourself;" "Leave the bathroom as you ground...
Many other Siamese remembered Phibun with less pleasure. When he first made himself Siam's dictator, in 1938, he forbade Siamese to go without hats or shoes, to chew betel nut, to sit on the streets, to wear the panung (native skirt), or to dance to American and European music. In official photographs, shoes and hats were painted on unshod, hatless peasants. Phibun ordered officials to kiss their wives when they left for their Government offices. Violators of Phibun's decrees were whisked off to "self-improvement centers." When the Japanese took over Siam, Phibun collaborated with them...
...Siamese were suspicious. What, they asked, would be his policy on betel chewing? "Oldfashioned folk who chew betel have nothing to fear from me," replied Phibun. "I might even chew betel myself...
Just before we get to Dartmouth, the photog suggests we add more realism, so we go to a hamburger stand, and order three hamburgers, with thick slices of onion. The waitress does not like us. To make it seem that we are New York slickers, we chew gum when we pull into Hanover, and also to seem like polite Joes who don't like to have people breathing our enjoy breath...
...Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee found itself listening to Russia's Valerian A. Zorin. Next year's U.N. conference on freedom of press & information, said he, should crack down on the "warmongering" press. He left the Committee a nine-point Soviet resolution to chew on. Meanwhile, Delegate Vishinsky treated some 300 members of the working press to further charges of warmongering...