Word: foxtrotting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is no hazing within the House. Pledges (freshmen) do not have to foxtrot through libraries in evening dresses to prove their fraternal dedication. "We do give them a hard time sometimes, but everything we do has a purpose, and usually it's fun," Smilin' John insists. Take Scavenger Hunt, for instance--pledges are "kept amused" until 4:30 a.m. and then awakened an hour later to begin a city-wide search for museum guidebooks, match book covers from favorite strip joints and foreign language pornographic literature. "We've been doing it for a long time," says Dave, a veteran...
DIED. Benjamin B. Selvin, 82, long-playing bandleader and record company executive, who made or produced more discs-some 9,000 titles-than anyone else; in Roslyn, N.Y. Dardanella, a heavy-beat foxtrot that Selvin recorded in 1919, was the first disc to sell 1 million copies. He helped launch many stars, overseeing Bing Crosby's first solo recording; during one instrumental break, Selvin recalled, "I suggested that Crosby whistle. He's been whistling ever since...
...that they could not be practically deployed, U.S. strategic planners concluded that the missile gap did not exist either. The photograph of the Soviet's North Sea submarine fleet showed that it was largely a defensive force; the moored submarines shown here turned out to be Whisky-and Foxtrot-class submarines, designed to attack surface ships rather than to launch nuclear missiles...