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...woman 'ud call about 'er rent," Griffiths recalls. "She 'adn't any money, see? 'Pull up ter th' fire, mother,' the Major 'ud say (they still call 'im Major down Limehouse way). 'Make a pot of tea, Griff, and get a piece of cake. Now you stop crying, mother, and we'll soon get things settled.' " Such is Limehouse's loyalty to Clement Attlee that even today the patrons of the Castle pub along Commercial Road will say: "If yer wants ter get yer face bashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Osmosis in Queuetopia | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

...sincerely hope that our actions will not affect, in any way, the always cordial relations between Harvard and Brown." Arthur L. Guerin, Jr. John D. Gould John B. Leewing Richard O. Playter George Parker Paul H. Daube, Jr. Webster Ray Truman J. Hedding, Jr. Griff Winpue John B. Lipich Robert Richardson Don Smith

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Suspended Brown Pranksters Send Apology to Deans | 11/16/1948 | See Source »

...pointed out that a four-letter word isn't necessarily simpler than a twelve-letter word. "For illustration, here are some shorties which we'd call real $7 words, and wouldn't use here at this time without explanation: adit, erg, ergo, ohm, gloze, cozen, griff, modal, mure, snash, viable." On the other hand, the News thought that most of its readers would understand fairly longish ones like "intolerable" (though "unbearable" was better), or "incompatibility" (because of divorce cases), or "vulnerable" (because of bridge being so popular). The News conceded that it should have explained "genocide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Two-Minute Lesson | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

...George Griff Prather Knapp...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS OF '44 GOES TO POLLS TODAY | 11/5/1942 | See Source »

...George Griff Prather Knapp...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Juniors Vote On Thursday | 11/3/1942 | See Source »

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