Word: filles
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year and a half he searched the libraries of Europe, turned up some surprising finds, e.g., harp music by one of Bach's sons, by Beethoven, Handel and Faure, as well as by early Spanish and French composers. That still left one gap: the moderns. To fill it, Zabaleta began badgering living composers to write for the harp. So far, six concertos have been dedicated to him, including compositions by Milhaud and Villa-Lobos...
...whole structure of Western defenses. With fifteen of our twenty-three Army and Marine divisions already abroad, the proposed reductions will demand a careful reallocation of forces. Troops will be brought home to defend the continental United States, with the hope that European armies will be able to fill in the gaps. The uniformed GI with his rifle has been the symbol of security for Western Europe. His loss as a psychological support cannot be easily made...
...fashions. Throughout a century in its present location the library has steadily become a stronger advocate of "gracious living." Tea is now served every day at four. The walls are lined with prints and busts of men from Edmund Burke to Patrick Henry; old globes and Italian Renaissance tables fill in the niches. The Trustee's room on the fourth floor is a remarkably beautiful oval room whose bookshelves contain Washington's Mt. Vernon collection, and whose cabinets house the effluvia of a conscious literary tradition, a letter from Washington, a bronze cast of Whitman's hand, and a book...
...most serious set-back; the second world war was the second. President Lowell, himself an honorary member of Fly, had long considered the club system undemocratic. "A club is useless," he once wrote, "unless you can keep somebody out." With the Harkness millions, Lowell saw a way to fill in the social chasm between the Gold Coast of Mt. Auburn street and the less wealthy students in the Yard. At first, the new House plan caused no decrease in club popularity. Men were still allowed to live in "rat houses"--the local boarding houses--and tended to choose those houses...
...there are returnee Lennio Miller and Dick Hook. The latter was captain of last year's undefeated freshman team. And even in the frequently sparse 177-pound class, the team has two good men. Both Al Culbert, the football player, and his brother Ken, another letterman, can fill this position...