Word: idea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...idea of Arsenic is improbable, and possible only because of the friendly insanity of the two heroines. The Brewster sisters do not merely murder; they simply help lonely old men find peace. They serve elderberry wine (to one gallon of wine, add one tsp. arsenic, one-half tsp. strychnine, and just a pinch of cyanide), and give each of their gentlemen a full burial in the rites of his religion. "Murder? Certainly not! It's one of our charities." And, in their sweet way, they have a point...
Edward Z. Barry, executive assistant to the commission, admitted that M.D.C. "might" allow parking lots to be built there, if the suggestion were presented in writing to the Commissioner. The idea has never been suggested, Barry remarked, and he felt that the Commission would "appreciate" a preliminary survey made of the Charles banks...
This feeling was echoed by Barry, who foresaw "unfavorable" public reaction if the plan should be adopted. Benjamin Fink, chief park engineer, thought that students themselves would complain if the riverbank were to be made into a parking lot, and considered the idea neither possible nor feasible...
Edward S. Mason, professor of Economics and Dean of the School of Public Administration, yesterday endorsed the idea that Harvard should strengthen its graduate program in International Relations...
This was the best Yale team of the decade, and in all around strength, one that should certainly rank with the best Yale teams of the past. The Blue also dispelled the idea that it was not a November team, for it finished the month by defeating Penn, Princeton, and Harvard with 40, 42, and 42 points respectively...