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...Gulf may well be totally innocent of the odious associations and reputation of their argument, but I must express the hope that henceforth they will not be so indelicate as to repeat it. Going to bed with strange fellows, even if one's virginity remains intact, is a custom to be deplored...
...virtue of the authority granted to me by the Corporation and the Board of Overseers, in their name, and in accordance with ancient custom, I declare that you, Derek Curtis Bok, having been duly chosen to be the twenty-fifth President of Harvard College, are vested with all of the powers and privileges appertaining to that office, and are empowered to exercise the same during the pleasure of the Governing Boards. And I herewith deliver to you the insignia of your authority...
...scene began when five gendarmes escorted two handcuffed hoods and their blonde gun moll into the chambers of Judge Robert Magnan for a preliminary hearing. As was the custom at the supposedly escape-proof Palais, the handcuffs were removed from the wrists of Christian Jubin and Georges ("Jo") Segard, both 30. Segard and his wife Evelyne, 27, stood charged with 31 armed robberies. Jubin, moreover, was accused of a double murder and rape. While Judge Magnan reviewed their dossiers, Evelyne opened her purse, ostensibly to get a handkerchief. Before anyone could say "Search la femme" she whipped out a pistol...
PRINCETON. N.J.--As is their custom. Harvard and Princeton played another of their thrilling, classic tennis matches Saturday, deep inside monstrous Jadwin Gymnastum. And as is its custom. Princeton held off a desperate Harvard rally in the doubles matches to win, 5-4, and set itself up for a showdown with Columbia in late April for the EITA title...
...would anyone pay $20 (a deluxe model, custom made and bearing the face of a loved one, sells for as much as $50) for the Pregnancy Puff? There are practical reasons, insists K.T. Maclay, a married writer who invented the P.P. jointly with Unmarried Designer Linda Sampson. For one thing, she insists, it almost guarantees the wearer a seat on a crowded bus. For another, it is a surefire conversation piece at a cocktail party. She reports that one anxious mother bought a puff for her 17-year-old daughter to wear on a cross-country car trip, explaining that...