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...them. They point to a long series of incidents in which she has acted in a high-handed manner or made promises she could not keep. In a "short history" they published after the strike, the strikers noted that Mrs. Bunting has sought out student advice only about the decor of the new dormitories, but never solicited student reaction to her grand design for the House system...
...committee will never be able to challenge Mrs.Bunting's basic premise: that Radcliffe ought to be a fully-residential college. The house system is her own private dream. Since she announced plans for the house system six years ago this month, she has sought out student advice about the decor of the new dormitories, the placement of dining rooms, and the like, but she has never solicited student reaction to her grand design...
...decor of the Boston office of the Evelyn Wood Institute of Reading Dynamics is a testimonial to success. Subdued colors. Thick carpets. Soft lighting. Pretty secretaries...
...free to cuss, smoke cigars and relax in rumpled shirtsleeve comfort. For businessmen who do not want to relax, Braniff offered portable typewriters and Dictaphones. And for passengers with Klondike fever, Alaska Airlines was featuring Gay Nineties flights, replete with schooners of beer, red-velvet and gold-tassel cabin decor, stewardesses who wear ankle-length red-velvet skirts and sport 1890 hair styles, and in-flight announcements sung to Calamity Jane lyrics...
...units will not alter Hilles decor and will be scattered throughout the building in empty alcoves and open spaces. The new seats won't be an unanticipated financial burden for Radcliffe. Funds were allotted from the Hilles general construction budget for installing them...