Word: fifteens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tintinnabulations resounded throughout the University yesterday. The Russian chimes of President Lowell rang in the evening, announcing the first High Table, and in the less traditional Boylston Hall a fire bell rang for fifteen minutes, causing worried students to stand hesitatingly before its door...
...fifteen straight days George S. Abrams '54, former managing editor of the CRIMSON, and two other American students at the Festival talked to crowds of up to 5,000 in Moscow's Red Square. They addressed interested Russians on the aims and ideals of the West and, in particular, read to them the U.N. report on Hungary which scathingly denounced Russia's actions in putting down the revolution there...
...clearly remember the days before Pearl Harbor, their young son's reaction to the historical film Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War was incredible. "Who were all those people?" asked the boy when he got home. "Who was General Nogi? I never heard of him." Fifteen years ago, every pupil would have known about the Japanese commander at Port Arthur. but to the present generation, such national heroes as Nogi might never have existed...
...Fifteen places remain for the second bus trip to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival this Sunday, the Summer School has announced. For $6.50 any student who makes a reservation at Mrs. Clouser's office in Greys Hall before noon tomorrow will get a round-trip ticket and an orchestra seat for the matinee performance of Merchant of Venice...
...staccato shots from the publicity mills last week came news dear to the hearts of the tabloids. In Long Beach, Calif., the commercially sponsored (e.g., Max Factor cosmetics, Catalina swimsuits) contest for Miss U.S.A.-presumably the prettiest unmarried woman in the country-was nearing its climax. Fifteen finalists stood out, having shown more good looks than their 29 sisters representing the beauty of their respective areas. Poured into white bathing suits, the girls swiveled decorously down a runway under the judges' fastened, clinical eyes. Then, with the pomp of a St. James's coronation, the winner was crowned...