Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...didn't expect--or want the runner to get up. The only Crimson regular not certain of starting is agile tackle Orville Tice, who hurt his ankle against Columbia. A key man in the Crimson's running plans, Tice may be able to play today. If he isn't ready, senior Bill Frate will start...
When the whole budget for the Faculty is considered, the $104, 000 credit balance is extremely small, Bundy said. "It isn't even 9% of our income," he pointed...
...nearby piano. He talked extemporaneously, mostly about singing. Said Cleveland-born Bender: "We don't hold meetings in Cleveland without singing and praying and shouting." But he added: "I sing horribly." Under Bender's exhortations ("What's the matter with this audience? This isn't a funeral parlor."), the spectators began to warm up. Bender eyed them wistfully. Said he: "If my throat was in good shape, I'd sing...
...whole is the unharmonized nature of the evening as a whole. In not giving a plain recital for those who want blues and ballads straight, Libby accepts the challenge of the far more precarious one-woman show. And she hasn't the expert showmanship; she just isn't actress or sorceress enough. She manipulates herself, and the kitchen chair that is her only prop, in all sorts of bold, mannered, ingenious ways; but they call too much attention to themselves, or seem too cute, or wear thin too soon, or don't really blend with her songs...
...strangest Prime Minister. Years later, even his old friends in the Cabinet were shocked when, after at last reaching agreement on the price of bread, they heard their Premier calling after them down the stairs: "Stop a bit! What did we decide? Is it to lower the price . . . or isn't it? It doesn't matter which, but we must all say the same thing...