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...refer both to satire and to the customary activity of satyrs-is probably the work of Gaius Petronius. Nero's "arbiter of elegance." of whom Tacitus wrote: "He spent his days in sleeping, his nights in the enjoyment of life. That success which most men achieve by dint of hard work, he won by laziness. Yet unlike those prodigals who waste themselves and their substance alike, he was not regarded as either a spendthrift or a debauchee, but rather as a refined voluptuary...
Secondly, the suggestion that Masters nominate candidates for Permanent Class Committee is also well taken. There are, in every class, men who are deserving of such a position but who, for various reasons, are reluctant to put themselves forward in what is essentially a popularity contest. By mere dint of his position, a Master knows who these people are and he can see to it that no qualified person is left off the ballot. Anyone not nominated by his Master is free to place his own name before the electorate by gathering twenty-five names on a petition...
...Cloud; M-G-M), let the music lovers say what they will, is a fine piece of entertainment for people who like to watch Mario Lanza pursue the uneven tenor of his weight. As the man gets fatter, the voice seems to get thinner. This time Tenor Lanza, by dint of strenuous fasting, has wasted himself away to a mere 200 Ibs., and his tone is as plump as a Percheron's rump. As a musician, though, Lanza owes perhaps too much to his early conditioning as a delivery man for a wholesale grocer. No matter how light...
...precious heritage of all English speaking peoples-there crowd in upon us today memories of the historic events which have occurred in this great chamber, signalizing as they do the efforts of men to gain and preserve freedom. We recall the panoply of events during which the individual, by dint of hard and persistent struggles to obtain his cherished rights, gradually secured them from the forces of power and privilege...
FRONT-RUNNING FORD officially took lead in 1957 road race by dint of year's first R. L. Polk registration figures. Final score for January shows sales of 110,454 Fords, v. 101,116 Chevrolets, while Plymouth captured third place from Buick...