Word: extras
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wrote to him at his home in Bonham, Texas to petition for an interview. Carefully, they grapevined the gist of their case: they wanted nothing, really, except to increase the Speaker's own control over Smith's difficult committee. Perhaps, they hinted, Mr. Sam would add an extra liberal Democrat to the Rules Committee (eight Democrats, four Republicans), thus weaken Smith's coalition of conservative Republicans and Southern Democrats...
...Critics. They think Mountbatten both arrogant and vain, criticize his habit of showing up last at meetings, when they say he grabs attention with just that little extra disturbance that the final arrival can create. They complain that Lady Mountbatten, the former Edwina Ashley, is a Socialist and a "do-gooder." By other critics, Mountbatten will always be remembered as the last Viceroy of India, who cooperated with the Labor government in presiding over the breakup of the British Empire...
...Argentina, she demanded bigger rooms, toilets and even balconies, instead of the sparse quarters that Europeans customarily provide for their help in India. "Can you believe it?" said she. "They weren't even going to have chimneys for their stoves." Harriet Bunker's crusade cost an extra $250,000, probably delayed the completion of the building 200 days. But it was worth it. "This is a real landmark," said one Indian last week. He was talking not about the jewel-like chancery itself, but the motel-like adjoining servants' quarters, the like of which New Delhi...
...College may admit a considerably enlarged Freshman Class next fall, according to one high Administration official. "I cannot help but feel that next year's Freshman class will be larger than the present one," the official said yesterday. "It might even include an extra hundred students...
After Bob Bowditch put the Crimson ahead on a jump shot at the outset of the extra period, Bruins Dave Reed, Cliff Ehrlich, John Dellavance, and Al Diussa put the home side in front for good. The varsity fought hard to catch up, but Brown managed to hold the five point lead until the final buzzer...