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...very embarrassing for the Tories. In desperation, Quintin Hogg, Minister for Science, mustered a patriotic appeal: "It is better to be British than anything else," said Hogg, whose mother was the daughter of a Nashville, Tenn., judge. "No other conviction will serve in a time of discomfort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scholarship: Better to Be British? | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

...omen of death, or as indicating the presence of ghosts or of the Devil. (1994)" Also, the color associated with constancy, "hence, true-b," Or pertaining to the political party which has adopted blue as its color, in England, the Conservative. "To vote b." "Affected with fear, discomfort, anxiety, etc." and thus a few inches down we find simply and elequently, "B. funk extreme nervousness...

Author: By Peggy VON Serlinki, | Title: How to Avoid the Draft | 1/15/1964 | See Source »

...beyond which practically no one is drafted. Thousands of students are, in fact, populating our graduate institutions with little motivation other than of escaping the government's summons. And now marriage has been added to the list of plots by which the unwilling can avoid the discomfort of serving in the military...

Author: By J.douglas VAN Sant, | Title: Two Differing Views of the National Draft | 12/11/1963 | See Source »

Last year in rain-drenched Harvard Stadium the Crimson scored a 26-0 victory. Readers of this journal will remember the extreme discomfort the inclemency visited upon the spectators, but Harvard's players scored three times in the first quarter before relaxing...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: Unbeaten Crimson Eleven Favored Over Feeble Quakers Today | 11/2/1963 | See Source »

...woods, a river bank, a motel room or borrowed apartment, the back seat of a car; a locked classroom and bare floor, if nothing else is available. It is a happy rule that men can no longer legislate away desire. They can only temper it with physical or mental discomfort or, if the night is cold, with a creeping fear of influenza...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: Harvard Parietal Rules: An Outspoken Appraisal | 10/29/1963 | See Source »

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