Word: impromptu
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Since both teams had prepared the negative, the debaters forfeited to Princeton. Both sides then argued impromptu the subject, "Resolved: That this house favors the policies of General MacArthur," Henry Steiner '51, Norman H. Hiserfeld '51, and Walter C. Carrington '52 took the affirmative for Harvard and won. In official standings, however, the Tigers won the afternoon's contest by a forfeit...
...authors of the poem stated last night that it was written "in an impromptu outburst of feeling...
...Ferrer never got a chance to deliver the speech he had planned in honor of Actress Swanson's Oscar. After the news came over the radio from Hollywood that Judy Holliday had won the best-actress award (for the dumb blonde in Born Yesterday), Gloria Swanson gave an impromptu message of her own to the nightclub audience: "Naturally, I'm disappointed. The Old Grey Mare has got to get going again, that's all. Tomorrow's another day. I'll have to start trying to get the next Oscar...
Ford hit on the idea of putting impromptu lessons on TV. He set up desks, a blackboard, maps and globes in his studio, rounded up half a dozen teachers. From 9 a.m. to 11, he had storytelling for the first-grade level, deeper stuff (geography, science) for older children. Just how many Minneapolis youngsters were tuning in Ford couldn't be sure, but he planned to carry on for the duration of the strike...
...third-floor lounge of the Metropolitan Opera House one morning last week, 40 members of the Met chorus were taking a rehearsal break when a large, pink-cheeked woman passed their open door. Was it? Yes, it was. Choristers called out an impromptu greeting: "Welcome back, Madame Flagstad...