Word: grand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meanwhile, officials of the other Houses were generally favorable toward a tutorial for science concentrators. "We have had similar plans in mind, and we think the Kirkland experiment is a grand scheme," Ronald M. Ferry '12, Master of Winthrop House said. "Of course, you have to have the good-will of the departments before going any further. We were somewhat hesitant with our plans," he added, "because we weren't sure of what support we'd get from the departments...
...Wide World whisked its audience all over the map. The camera lazed its way down the Mississippi, poked into a New Jersey lane where lovers walked and old men raked autumn leaves, wandered around Gloucester harbor as fishermen mended nets. There were vivid contrasts between the chasm of the Grand Canyon and the topless towers of Rockefeller Center, the swaying wheat fields of Nebraska and the money-conscious hubbub of the Texas State Fair, an underwater ballet from Florida and the overwater speed trials of Donald Campbell's jet racer at Arizona's man-made Lake Mead...
Lowell House will retaliate in the last week of April with a production of Smetana's "The Bartered Bride," a nineteenth century Czech gala spectacle. Musical director Howard M. Brown describes the opera as a "Bohemian Gilbert and Sullivan" executed in the old European grand manner. Producer John H. Poppy '57 is planning for a cast of 70, supported by 60 student musicians...
...week's end, when Grand Sachem De Sapio got home across the Hudson again, he allowed himself a comment on the conduct of his fellow-Democrats in California. "Panicky and hasty," he said, wiping his brow...
Sticking point in formation of the Moroccan throne council has been the choice of a "neutral" third member. Both sides have long accepted 1) Mohammed el Mokri, the 108-year-old Grand Vizier, as representative of the traditionalist supporters of ex-Sultan Ben Arafa, and 2) Si M'Barek ben Mustapha el Bekkai, 48-year-old idol of Moroccan nationalists, as representative of ex-Sultan Ben Youssef. But French colonists feared the influence of Si Bekkai, whom they regarded as a dangerous extremist. Final solution was to dilute Si Bekkai's influence by adding...