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Fate turns up in the form of a gorgeous 17-year-old bohemian named Charlotte, the daughter of Georgie's childhood love. Charlotte is a dreadful shock to everyone at Wellington College: they wear tweeds and say "homosexual''; she wears leotards and says "faggot." The scene in which this Lorelei reawakens the red-eared adolescent in Georgie is worth some study. They are alone; she reclines on black satin. She murmurs: "I was just wondering what would happen if in addition to dinner and the ballet tonight, we gave ourselves some of the ultimate pleasures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Grey Flannel Mortarboard | 1/18/1963 | See Source »

...very high price on one's conjectures to burn a man alive for them." The skeptical Catholic would probably be delighted at the temper which prevails on the Harvard faculty today; for even the most convinced believers sharply divorce teaching from proselytizing, much less contemplating coercion by brand and faggot...

Author: By Charles S. Maier, | Title: Faculty Divorces Preaching from Pedagogy Dominant University Attitude: Commitment to Non-Commitment | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

...very high price on one's conjectures to burn a man alive for them. The skeptical Catholic would probably be delighted at the temper which prevails on the Harvard faculty today; for even the most convinced believers sharply divorce teaching from proselytizing, much less contemplating coercion by brand and faggot...

Author: By Charles S. Maier, | Title: Faculty Eschews Pedagogical Proselytizing | 6/11/1959 | See Source »

...protest their innocence of criminal activity would not hinder McCarthy; his genius lies in distortion and innuendo. Further-more, to the unreasoning public Communism and treason are one; admission of the former is proof of the latter. Every new name is a headline for McCarthy; every new admission a faggot for hysteria. Franklin V. Walker Tutor in Economics

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AGAIN THE FURY | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

Divorced. Walter White, 56, author (Rope and Faggot, A Man Called White) and aggressive secretary (since 1931) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; by Leah Gladys White, fiftyish; after 27 years of marriage, two children; in Juarez, Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 18, 1949 | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

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