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Petty undergraduate restrictions are a further device toward college unity, but most are poorly enforced, Freshmen and sophomores easily flaunt the restrictions on automobiles, and are only caught by having an accident. Though eight o'clock parietal rules are in effect, the quadrangle has three entrances. And Pembroke's is easily accessible. Chapel is compulsory, to be attended once a week, between the final morning class and 12:30 p.m. Refrectory lunch. Most students find it convenient to attend, and, if unable to, can use one of several cuts permitted each term...

Author: By John J. Iselin and Steven C. Swett, S | Title: Brown: Poor Relation of the Ivy League | 11/14/1953 | See Source »

...years gone by, Lament, in spring, would flaunt its air conditioning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ode to Circulation | 5/27/1952 | See Source »

...City Censor of course played his part, refusing to grant the Cinema Society a license. He argued on a technicality, but admitted that strong pressure had been brought to bear on him. And even if his verdict has only a temporary effect, few Boston theater-owners dare to flaunt pressure groups that threaten to haul out the placards and begin marching. At any rate, Birth of a Nation, scheduled for April 25-27 and widely advertised as such, has yet to grace a Boston screen this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Death of a Movie | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

...World in the form of a severe off-the-waist pigtail sweeping primly off the pure brow of one Hepzibah Smith, colonist. Spreading swiftly over the continent, it soon replaced the more primitive native styles; pigtails were seen everywhere in the land and few there were who dared to flaunt the dictates of the prevailing fashion...

Author: By John Forand, | Title: Hair Runs Gamut; Pony to Poodle | 3/26/1952 | See Source »

...Girls do not like to flaunt a relationship," the news contends. "As we see it, one of the rights of an individual is privacy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Light Fade Purple Passion; 'Turn 'Em Down, " Girls Plead | 3/15/1952 | See Source »

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