Word: customs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Addressing a group of local industrial bigwigs, the University of Chicago's Chancellor Lawrence A. Kimpton chided them and his colleagues for indiscriminate giving and receiving: "It has been our pleasant custom in the past, like the chorus girl, to accept anything but abuse, and we are paying a high price for our generosity in accepting generosity . . . We have accepted scholarships that cost us more to administer than we received in tuition income; we have accepted buildings that drained away . . . our precious free money ... These [restricted] gifts can break us or corrupt us or both...
...studios, like M-G-M and Warner Bros. But at Republic Pictures, a horse-opera factory, Cliquot was sad. "He chewed up a carpet," said Joan. "He swallowed 5½ yards of string. He usually eats white meat of chicken, ground sirloin, ice cream and ginger ale. He wears custom-made jackets, red with black velvet collars with C. C. on them. They have heart-shaped pockets with Kleenex in them in case he has to blow his nose. We wear matching costumes. He wears his red jacket when I wear red slacks and sweater. When I wear green...
...speak. He recalled that McCarthy had accused him of bias and, as usual, had quoted out of context from newspaper clippings to prove the charge. This habit of Joe's reminded Ervin of the North Carolina preacher who about 75 years ago deplored the local women's custom of wearing their hair in topknots. One Sunday he preached a sermon on the text: "Top (K)Not Come Down." At the end an irate woman-with a topknot-protested that no such text could be found in the Bible. Whereupon the preacher opened the Scriptures to Matthew...
...library's now system of reserve took fines, however, has reduced the amount of overdue books from 12 to five percent of all these borrowed. The new custom no longer recognizes $2 as the maximum fine...
...Promise for a Street Cleaner. Scornful of the old Brazilian custom of political favoritism, Café Filho always says no to visitors who ask his help in bypassing laws or civil-service regulations. To a salesman seeking a Foreign Ministry job, he said: "Apply and pass the examinations." A lawyer asked for a special import license. " No, it's against the law," said the President. "But it's always been done," protested the lawyer. "I am here to apply the law and you ask me to break it!" snapped Café Filho. His smile vanished, and his fist...