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...Left Bank students the law was a godsend. Three hundred of them set up shop in vacant classrooms, answered as many as 50 calls a day, mostly from addled landlords. Said one young philosophy major: "We get 125 francs an hour. At first we were slow, but now we can do a whole house in an hour and a half. Anyhow, it beats baby-sitting...
...Axis aggression. But F.D.R. valued Hopkins enough to spell out patiently the facts of international life for him, and Harry learned so fast that by March 5, 1941, Secretary Stimson wrote in his diary: "The more I think of it, the more I think it is a Godsend that [Hopkins] should be at the White House...
...holiday yesterday was a godsend to Art Valpey and his staff, because it enabled them to get in a full practice before the sun went down. Starting time was saved up to 1:30 p.m. and physical work halted at slightly after 5 p.m. Then after a short recess, practice reconvened in the Field House Lounge where the coaches pointed out by means of last year's movies, the individual foibles of the Brown players. The Bruins are a particularly vulnerable team when it comes to tracking them by last year's time their lineup boasts few new faces...
...film, Human Growth, will prove a godsend to this country and its children. Not too long after the other 47 states adopt this program, I predict a new era, heralded by a decline in sex crimes and divorce. Take the mystery out of sex, bring it before the eyes, and indecency flies out the window. Let's all endeavor to see that our own states follow suit...
Friday the thirteenth was a godsend rather than an ill omen for William L. Prosser '18, professor of Law, and William K. Poindexter 2L. Professor Prosser got a real bona fide lawsuit, and Poindexter is still gloating over the chance to "scalp" a law professor...