Word: comstockism
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...effeminate Daddy opposite Mrs. Lane, but his gestures too often seem forced. I have a similar quarrel with Harriet Roger's Grandma. Wriggling, swaying, and stooping after a while become obvious devices, but still Mrs. Roger has an excellent sense of timing, and her Grandma is thoroughly likable. Jean Comstock turns in a creditable performance as Mrs. Barker. Alexander Pertzoff's set is obviously the one Albee intended for his play. The frankfurter sofa, the hamburger easy chair, and the malted milk end table are wonderfully ingenious and seem perfectly natural...
...Texas Gulf have traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Brokers figure that half a dozen mining companies have raised between $4,000,-000 and $6,000,000 by floating new shares. Some of the funds have already slipped back across the border, are being used by United Comstock Lode Lines to reopen the dormant Comstock gold mine in Nevada. Among the half dozen new millionaires at Timmins, 28-year-old Pat Giardine made a killing on both his claims and controlling interest in Bunker Hill Extension Mines - which he had bought for a song...
...residents of three large dormitories--Comstock, Moors, and Holmes--responded with apathy and outright hostility. In each, fewer than half the girls volunteered...
...John Knott, senior resident of Comstock, commented yesterday that this indicates "a trend toward the Harvard system at Radcliffe." She also said that within the next few years it is possible that the other dorms will remain open, at no additional fee, during the spring recess...
Members of the administration made the decision to reduce vacation boards several days ago. Since all other dorms are closed during the spring recess, 'Cliffies who are unable to leave Cambridge must stay in Comstock Hall, where the rent for a week's time was formerly...