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Should U. S. President Calvin Coolidge invite three thugmen to dine with him, the event would be scarcely more shocking than a recent dinner in Tokyo at which the Premier of Japan sat down to eat with three of the "Defiled Ones," members of the despised class called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Tradition Shattered | 7/18/1927 | See Source »

Further. I think it should be made possible for those who are opposed to the club table plan to dine alone or with one or two friends: that is a good supply of tables for two and four should be provided...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 6/1/1927 | See Source »

George Bernard Shaw announced that he had been offered, and had refused, $25,000 from a U. S. woman who only wanted him to "cross the Atlantic, dine with her, talk a little to her guests and catch the next boat home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PEOPLE: May 30, 1927 | 5/30/1927 | See Source »

...last night he had the good fortune to pick out Durgin Parks as the most likely vendor of masticulatory delight. He ate, as every one else is bound to do who chooses this place to dine, a good, substantial dinner. But all the while he was eating it he was speculating; speculating on the possibilities of extravagant fancies finding their fondest desire. Great bowls of red and white were constantly being borne in to other customers; they might contain the hope of a being hungry for spring, and for strawberries. And then he had one. Of course; that he should...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 5/20/1927 | See Source »

...spirit and atmosphere of the English Inns-of-Court," said R. M. Hutchins, Acting Dean of the School, in commenting today upon the University announcement. "Yale is the first privately endowed university in America to take this step. The men will live together and frequently, if not always, dine together. Thus will be developed, we hope, an intimate sense of professional solidarity and interest in legal problems. The recent important changes in the policy of the School in limiting the entering class to 100 and extending the Honors Course, inaugurated last fall, will enable the School to receive the maximum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Adds New Block of Buildings to Law School Through Gift of Trustees of J. W. Sterling Estate | 5/20/1927 | See Source »

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