Word: fifteens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Fifteen cents, son." The man tucked one of the papers from under his arm under the arm of the student, and whistled down the street. When somebody else unfolded the paper the headline did not relate to Secretary McNamara, nor did any story on the front page. The headlines were not even clear. It occurred to the three students, almost at once, that the man with the grey cap and the Harvard sweatshirt was in some way illegal...
...Fifteen per cent of Harvard and 37 per cent of Radcliffe '66 are now working (as opposed to studying, job hunting, travelling or being in the armed forces). This is a two per cent decline for Radcliffe, no change for Harvard...
...number of Harvard graduates going on to schools of education almost doubled over the past year, from 16 to 31. Fifteen of these went to Harvard. Fifteen Cliffies are in ed school, eight of them at Harvard...
Prospect St. at night is magic. Fifteen Victorian mansions line the street, glowing gold from their windows. Princeton men in v-neck sweaters and blue button-down shirts walk down the sidewalk in groups of three or four. A few groups peel off at each building: Colonial, with its high pillars; Cap and Gown, with its Tudor facade; Ivy; Tower Cottage. It feels like someone should be humming "Going Back to Nassau Hall" in the background...
...everyone knows about it. Especially blind dates from Vassar. There are also rigid stereotypes, and for the most part they hold. Ivy men are the aristocracy. Tiger and Cannon men are jocks (Tiger is for gentleman-jocks). Cottage men are campus leader types. And so on for all fifteen...