Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Reminiscing about his childhood school days, Cohen admits, "I was in a group of boys with exceptionally high IQ's who were chosen to complete their education at Dalton, an ultra-progressive school. Our introduction to progressive education didn't last long, though, because they couldn't hold us down. Anyway, I graduated when I was fifteen...
Cambridge did not hold a monopoly on corruption. Other Massachusetts cities enjoyed similarly foul reputations. In 1938 the state legislature tried a remedy. It is not surprising that strongest support came from Cambridge reformers. The would-be panacea was Plan E, which provides for a city manager to run the city's affairs and a nine-man council, including a mayor, to legislate...
Willie, ordinarily a monosyllabic mumbler when it comes to talking about himself, once broke into a fairly long speech to explain his way with horses: "I'm trying to save the horse all the time-and hold his run for when he needs it. I try to break fast, but after that I don't mind the others,passing me, as long as my horse has a run left. Most of all, I like to sit comfortable on a horse. And I like to have the horse run comfortable under...
...Arthur Sullivan, Maurice Evans does his usual deft job of playing Maurice Evans-a personage hardly sufficient to hold the stage against the powerful presence of Robert Morley. As W. S. Gilbert, Morley fairly strides out of the frame, like an ancestral portrait from Ruddigore...
...cggs or "Y" pancakes. Dining room diplomacy was the main objective of the resident tutor plan, for the informal House atmosphere offers virtually the only opportunity for students to associate with instructors outside their own fields. The free meals that help link the tutors to the House equally hold the Faculty and undergraduates together...