Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nearby Portuguese Macao put out 5,000 Nationalist flags where only 67 Communist flags had flown. In Siam, many Chinese leaders who had been conspicuous fence-sitters attended a holiday reception at the Nationalist embassy, and from Singapore, 128 Chinese associations sent pledges of support to Chiang. "It isn't because the past was memorable," commented Hong Kong's Truth Daily. "It's just because the present is so hateful...
...easy to spot the first day. The boys wear pistol pants and a lot of them have colored jackets with their gang names on the back. The girls, in Brooklyn anyhow, wear a sort of uniform, too-heavy makeup, long black hair (they dye it if it isn't dark), long, dangling earrings and low shoes that tie halfway up to the knee. But you'd know anyhow-they sit watching you like snakes, waiting for the first sign of weakness. It's frightening when you know that some of the boys carry switchblade knives. There...
...matter of fact, probably the second biggest problem for Ireland is finding ways to contact outstanding secondary school students. "We've never gone in for recruiting, and, quite honestly, it isn't that we don't approve. We just don't have the program Harvard has, The way we get men right now is pretty much a chance thing. We have some alumni effort, but it's only occasional work, not nearly so intensified as say, Harvard. Some of the Deans visit schools, and some undergraduates talk at their schools, but there's no set system...
...ends, Carr has an able receiver in the backfield. He is slight Bob Mercier, a half who stands only five foot six and weighs but 155. Two seniors complete the starting backfield, and all have performed adequately in the Lions' first three games, although Columbia's ground attack admittedly isn't strong. One is stocky Ken Krebs, who until this season played guard. Little, however, has shifted the 200-pounder to fullback. The other is halfback Max Pirner, a defensive half last year, seeing his first varsity experience on offense...
...years old and girlishly bouncy. Now, Miss Sullavan is attractive and talented, but she has been attractive and talented for quite some time. What is more, for the past ten years she has fallen victim to an incurable disease or crippling accident in every stage role. She just isn't up to bouncing...