Word: grand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...worst I have seen.' . . . I never stated publicly, to my sober recollection, that she had ruined my play. What I said was phrased in barroom lingo. I was talking to myself, not to all who would listen, though certainly into my cups." According to Critic Williams, Grand Trouper Bankhead magnificently steered Streetcar back on the track after that. "To me she brought to mind the return of some great matador to the bull ring in Madrid, for the first time after having been almost fatally gored, and facing his most dangerous bull with his finest valor . . . When the play...
...this time, the Rebellion had completely run its course. Many students were in fact brought before the Grand Jury of Middlesex, but only two or three indictments were found, and these were dropped. Similarly, Quincy issued a statement, to all parents of the expelled sophomores, stating that "in the present case, the dismission was for a time, wholly indefinite." Later it was announced the expelled boys could re-apply for admission after that summer's Commencement--a fact which did not save the Class of 1936 from being the second smallest since 1809, with only 39 graduates...
...through. Bundy took the risk for hiring Edward L. Katzenbach from Columbia. But Katzenbach wasn't enough. Leach needed both senior men in areas relative to defense study and young men to conduch research. He gambled and hired the men he felt necessary, guaranteeing the University that if the grand did not materialize he would pay the salaries of the new staff from his own pocket...
...brief biographical introduction, British Essayist Violet Hammersley outlines the life that drove Madame de Sévigné to ink. Widowed at 25 when her chronically unfaithful husband was killed in a duel over his latest mistress,* Madame de Sévigné succumbed to the grand passion of possessive mother love for her only daughter. Cold, proud and wildly extravagant, the daughter was a great beauty and Madame de Sévigné married her off to a rich, twice-widowed count. But when her daughter left her side, Madame de Sévigné began carrying a literary...
Double Take. In Grand Haven, Mich., Bentley Schut headed for the courthouse to pay a reckless-driving fine, was ticketed for speeding...