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Precisely at 4, the band in the Plaza Mexico broke into the traditional Andalusian Skies, and the winter bullfighting season was on. In his box halfway up the ring's shady side, an erect, piercing-eyed old man in a broad-brimmed black hat glared about him. The wind was too strong for good bullfighting, he groused; the sun too bright. In their brilliantly colored capotes de paseo (parade capes), the toreros marched into the ring. "No elegance!" the old man harrumphed...
That is a matter of information. The Catalogue should give as much information as possible that will help a student to plan at least part of his program in long-range terms. It has already gone halfway by listing, for example, the courses omitted in 1948-49, but will not be given in 1949-50. What remains to be done is simply to note whatever course are being given in 1948-49 but will not be given in would be note if they were not to be given in 1950-51. This information is such a simple and logical thing...
...peak in 1930 at her last London play, Let Us Be Gay. They waited in line for 36 hours to get in. When the doors opened, police cordons crumbled under a wild stampede, and some who had been first in line picked themselves up to find the theater full. Halfway through the show they stormed, 100 strong, into the lobby, yelling and screaming, until the bobbies rallied to throw them back...
Seven hundred lengths of the 'Cliffe pool will complete the imaginary round trip and give the winning team 25 points toward the intramural trophy. Freshman swimmers are approaching Dartmouth, while the seniors lagged too long at MIT and are now only halfway to Brown...
...favorable to Gulbenkian. For waiving any claims to Aramco's oil, Gulbenkian will get a bigger share of Iraq Petroleum's oil (as will the French, who went along on the deal). Beginning in 1952, Gulbenkian will be able to buy the extra oil at a price halfway between cost and market price. When he sells, the proceeds will be protected against devaluation of the British pound; the American companies agreed to convert Gulbenkian's take into hard dollars...