Word: floor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been working on it since March, 1933. It represents President Lowell in academic robes. Head and shoulders are modeled out of Carrara marble, a creamy white in color. The square pedestal is of Verde Soria. The top of the bust is slightly more than six fee from the floor...
Harvard Club of Michigan. Lucheon, December 29, 12.15 o'clock, Intercollegiate Club, 13th floor, Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, Michigan. Secretary, Lowell I. Lofgren, 1004 Union Guardian Bldg., Detroit...
...sudden, doctor, my ears begin to buzz. The room swirls around me. My eyes jerk and I can't keep them still. I reel, and if I don't catch hold of something I fall to the floor. Sometimes I faint. I break into a cold clammy sweat. I feel nauseated. And, doctor, I can't help vomiting. These attacks have been coming over me more frequently. I used to be able to hear perfectly clearly in spite of the buzzing in my ears. But now I am getting deaf. And, doctor, I'm afraid I'm going...
Last week Yale founded the first U. S. counterpart of the most famed extracurricular activity in the world-the Oxford Union. Like its model, the Yale Political Union will be a parliamentary debating society with members seated by parties, ruled by floor leaders. Predicted the Yale News: "Those hundreds of Yale men who revel in scheming, in 'packing,' in every crooked practice known to the county boss, will have a paradise especially made for them." Less cynical Yalemen, who know what a forcing ground for M. P.'s the Oxford Union has been, could find potential...
...grow radishes." Only successful rehearsers were Donna Marina Torlonia (who once milked a Philadelphia cow) and Princess Dolly Obolensky (whose family once owned some cows in France). At midnight the cows were wakened from sleep for the contest. Chattering debutantes, dressed in sport clothes, trooped from the dance floor and lined up. Blushing attendants led them one by one to the proper spot. From a cautious distance 20 debutante milkers took turns pulling & squeezing at Nysia Maggie Titanic de Kol and Nysia Maid Gertrude, produced a total of one cupful of grade A milk...