Word: eatening
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ford and Citroen have made marvelous machines at very reasonable prices,'' said a Ministry of Agriculture statistician, "but until they invent a traction engine that can be eaten when it is past its usefulness, our good peasants will stick to their horses...
...welter of questions to be settled on the banks of the Charles, not the least is the problem of the number of meals to be eaten in the houses and the charge to be imposed. The Harvard CRIMSON views the change which the University will make for meals as "contrary to an ancient Harvard policy and bound to arouse opposition from all those who prize this tradition of individualism and non-interference." And elsewhere a former Harvard man expresses the opinion that the charge per week virtually says: "Unless you are rich and can waste money, you must...
...letter appearing in this morning's CRIMSON suggests an arrangement that should be practicable, though its actual success depends entirely on individual students. The permission for meals eaten by guests to count in the total of ten has not been granted, but since it is natural to expect that most of such guests will be members of other houses, there is no strong reason against such permission. A sudden influx into one dining-room, while that of another house is vacant, is a rather far-fetched objection, and it will be possible to figure on the total of meals served...
...around". Neither did it imply that upperclassmen have some sentiment about breaking an established attachment with the Georgian. The CRIMSON contended, and to date finds no good reason for the withdrawal of that contention, that a disproportionately high weekly rate requiring an absurdly large number of meals to be eaten in the House will work hardship on many students. It pointed particularly to the fact that this financial pressure will bear more severely upon men of moderate means than upon the wealthy. It still thinks that such a situation is in accord neither with the spirit of democracy...
...famed Laddie Boy; Rob Roy, Wisconsin sheepherding collie who disliked the White House elevator, who stole dainties from the Red Room tea table and was ever to be seen at the President's side. One Thanksgiving Rebecca, raccoon, was sent to the White House to be eaten, but the First Lady could not bear to kill her, built a pen, found a mate (Reuben) who disliked Rebecca and eventually escaped. When President Coolidge summered at Black Hills he was presented with a white collie puppy. Diana of Wildwood, which he preferred to call Calamity Jane after Martha ("Calamity") Jane...