Word: club
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...case in the capital of Southern Rhodesia, suddenly found that he could not use the washroom or take the elevator. In Dar es Salaam an Asian may play cricket with Europeans, but he will not then be able to join them for a drink at the Gumkhana Club. In the Union of South Africa, Asians have long since been virtually eliminated from voting rolls, have been gradually squeezed out of the civil service, and, being lumped together with the "coloreds" (mulattoes), are subject to all the hardships and indignities of apartheid, and are referred to as "coolies...
...comic strip to find himself sharing a British beach resort with contenders in an American-type "Beautiful Babies" contest, for a New York publisher to be found naked in the hothouse of a dwelling on Wimbledon Common, or even for a member of Edwardian London's Drones Club to consult Webster's Dictionary rather than the Oxford. Victorian and Edwardian euphemisms such as "bally" and "ruddy" work their way into the tale of a British knight who once "allowed some hornswoggling highbinder to stick him with . . . dud Smelly River Ordinaries"*-and, of course, there are the usual Wodehousian...
...Crimson Rugby Club goes to Dartmouth today to play the Indians in a contest which it must win if it is to retain hope for the Eastern Rugby Union title. The Indians will probably be the most powerful opposition the Crimson will face this year, but for the first time since the Berrmuda trip the varsity is almost at full strength...
Although plagued all spring by injuries, the club now has only one man out, forward Terry Lenzner. Ted Fremgen will move over from his wing forward slot to fill in for Lenzner, and David Kiely will be in Fremgen's usual position. This year's football captain, Shag Shaunessy, will also be in the starting lineup...
Dartmouth has the edge over the Crimson in both experience and size, and has two top performers in ex-gridders Dick Crouthamel and Dave Bathrick. The Indians are undefeated to date, last week upending a strong Princeton team, 11 to 0, and are essentially the same club which journeyed to England last fall and severely drubbed its opponents...