Word: fifteens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...good. But then the machine went on: "Please leave your message after the double signal," and follows this with a beautiful thirty second silence, compliments of Audubon, during which the caller may say anything he wished--supposedly reporting the birds he's seen. The recording machine holds only fifteen minutes of bird reports, and at the end of the tape Mrs. Emery has to play it back and jot down the reported birds...
Certainly there is no doubt that the College could find a way to expand physically; it could build fifteen Houses, two Lamonts, two Burrs, and a vastly expanded faculty. It could mean and undergraduate community of eight, or even ten undergraduate community of eight, or even ten thousand, rather than the present 4400. It would mean that Harvard could meet its vague "social obligations" by taking its share of the increasing thousands...
...Stand. "I am 5 ft. ½ in. tall and weigh about 125 pounds," said the letter. "My husband is 6 ft. 2 in. tall and weighs over 240 pounds. For the first five of our fifteen years of married life, my husband beat me severely at least once a month, and did so with no provocation. I loved my husband dearly . . . and felt that I could put up with the difficult situation. However, when his rages increased in severity and frequency and the safety of our two young daughters was at stake, I was forced to take a stand...
...Fifteen parts gin to one part vermouth...
Although the main body of the picture flows along without undue surprise, the final fifteen minutes are the very best of Priestly with mystery, paradox and suspense. In all, it is a most worthy picture...