Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been a telephone in the White House office. Answered Coolidge: "There was one in a booth in the hall I could have used, but I never did. The President shouldn't talk on the phone. You can't be sure it's private, and telephoning isn't in keeping with the dignity of the office...
...CRIMSON crusade in 1931 was largely responsible for the resumption of athletic competition against Princeton after a five-year cooling-off period. Those were the days before Princeton's Tigers became adversity's virgins, and the University was thankful for the Crime campaign then if it isn...
...also stepped a tall, slim girl, her red-rimmed eyes hidden by sun goggles. Africa watched the Black Maria drive off with the lover she would probably never see again. Then, through the airfield restaurant windows, she caught sight of a gaily lighted tree. "It's Christmas week, isn't it?" she said...
Robinson is confident that "I could still cope with whatever competition might arise." But he knows that "I can't move in the ring with the same speed, dispatch and accuracy. My instinct used to guide my hands and feet. Now, the coordination isn't there any more ... I want to step out while my health is good, my judgment and balance unimpaired, and my sense of proportion unmarred...
...batch of California apartments. The only shadow on his contentment is cast by certain radio & TV critics who, Art' complains, "look down their noses at my type of show." Says he: "We don't pretend to be Studio One. But they ought to remember that all food isn't caviar, either...