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...American fashion industry rallied to the President's defense. "It's a credit to his imagination," claimed Jack Haber, editor of Gentlemen's Quarterly. "It was not a sore-thumb kind of plaid. It was a beautifully tailored suit, a muted plaid." John Fairchild, Women 's Wear Daily publisher, seconded the thought: "Good for him. The President didn't look like a stuffy old goat. There's some sunshine, some California in that suit...
...Ladies and gentlemen," the ring announcer bellowed a few minutes after the usual postfight bedlam commenced, "a word from the challenger." Cooney came to the center of the ring to get the microphone, and with his soft voice cracking, he told the 32,000 people exiting the parking-lot stadium at Caesars Palace, "I tried with all my heart. I love you. I'm sorry." Later he pledged to "go back to the gym and try harder," saying, "I have no excuse to make. I want you to know, I didn't fight the fight for the money...
...object of coming to Harvard was suddenly apparent. It was to get into a Club. The Club was as pleasant a place as he would ever know. Companionship was there always and mild ways of wasting a little money and a great deal of time. From the Club, gentlemen went to classes, always wearing coat, tie, and hat. "Other types did come here, even then, President Conant created Dudley House for what Theodore H. white '38 called "menthalls"; scholarship and day students, many from Boston Latin High School, looking for a way up and out. And some students didn...
...mile race, and 62 people have died there. One-quarter of all the racers who have competed at Indy since 1911 have been killed somewhere or other in a race car. Sportswriter Jim Murray's bitter line years ago hangs on still, like the last note of taps: "Gentlemen, start your coffins...
This yearly event will just be winding down by the time you hit the state, so hurry or you'll miss it. What? You don't want to look at the artistic output of the Winter Park Public School System? Aaaah, you miss the point. Ladies and Gentlemen, in one hour of the Winter Park Art Festival you will see more gorgeous specimens of the opposite sex than in your entire college career to date. It's guaranteed--look on the back of the package. If you can stand close contact with five hundred formless paintings and sculptures...