Word: ingrediatur
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...aliquis scholares ingrediatur tabernas . . . [No students shall enter taverns]" began Oxford's 14th Century rule designed "to further the honest pursuit of studies and to restrain the arrogance of those in whom the energies of their stomachs exceed those of their minds." Since 1355, when carousing Oxonians at the Swyndle-stock Tavern precipitated a three-day riot by hitting their host on the head with a beer tankard, it had been as scrupulously enforced as it had been ingeniously flouted. But by last week, some of the fun had gone out of Oxford's drinking. Prompted...
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