Word: delights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dinner with a group of undergraduates this spring, Edwin Garrigues Boring, Edgar Pierce Emeritus Professor of Psychology, was commenting with delight on the University's provision of special funds for professors emeritus. "That's so Harvardian," he exclaimed, but then checked himself: "Of course I'm not really a Harvard man; I've only been here since 1922." Despite being such a newcomer to Harvard, Boring guided the Department of Psychology for a generation, a distinction he shares only with William James. Beyond that, as author of two classics in psychology for a generation, a distinction he shares only with...
...Boys from Syracuse. Breeding tells, and this musical is a thoroughbred, originally sired by Shakespeare (Comedy of Errors) out of Plautus. The Rodgers tunes are a lilting delight, the Hart lyrics are a tonic to the ear, and a Most Adorable Cutie award should promptly be minted and bestowed on the bewitchingly gifted Julienne Marie...
...kids in Washington, well, there were plenty of pictures of the White House, the President's office, the bedrooms, and dining rooms with food-filled tables. "That's an artichoke delight," Rose observed of one slide. "In this room, we have cocktails," she said of another. At one point, without a slide, Rose offered a "word to teenagers." Said she: "I know many of you mothers are appalled by the drinking that's going on among teenagers. Please, please tell them that to be sophisticated, to show that you've been places...
...effect when ratified by two-thirds of Africa's nations, the scheme calls for a heads-of-state gathering every year, a permanent council of ministers (with no real powers), and a permanent secretariat. Pending ratification, a provisional secretariat will be set up in Addis Ababa, to the delight of Haile Selassie, who dreams of making his ramshackle capital Africa's capital as well. Under the plan, committees would be formed to mediate intra-African disputes, promote economic and social progress, joint defense, and mount a common front against Africa's remaining vestiges of colonialism and white...
...more than $1 billion. Eleven hundred companies now dispense franchises (v. only 200 in 1945) to enterprises that feed people, fix cars, clean clothes, keep books, and collect bills. Among the franchise names that have become a part of the American landscape and language are Midas Muffler, Chicken Delight, Redi-Spuds, Mugs Up and Little Pigs of America...