Word: founding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...raison d'etre of the structure can be found in the basement where, for the last month, students have used such devices as tape recorders, master voices, playback mechanisms, and individual earphones for each private booth. This is the language laboratory, Harvard's manifestation of a well-proved theory of languages instruction...
Point scoring came in effect in 1883, and the Tigers found that their big scores now looked even bigger. They swamped the varsity, 26 to 7, in 1883, and followed with 36-6 and 12-0 decisions the next two seasons. Harvard took a victory at home in 1887, but Princeton ran off four straight wins between...
Contrasting with this central love affair, a pair of ultra-sophisticated demi-mondaines cross "our boy and girl's" path, yawning at each other with remarks such as, "Is this your lighter that I found under my pillow, or does it belong to Jacques?" While these two sip cognac in a fancy burlesque, "our two" gulp coffee at a sidewalk cafe. Both women call their lovers "Mon Petit." When one Mon Petit loses his duck, Napoleon, the other Mon Petit wonders why anyone would bother to put a string around a duckling's neck. This dichotomy arises often enough...
...fault is to be found, it lies in the rather contrived climax. But even this mars Mon Petit only superficially...
...process of such deep thinking, Vag had found it helpful to stretch out on his couch. "I really can apply myself better this way," he reminded the victrola. So there he stayed, reading carefully for ten minutes...