Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...force that isn't the wisecracking force, I think, of World War II. It isn't the singing force of World War I. But they're young men who know they're out [there] doing a serious job-and they're doing it without whining and without complaining...
Descending to Scroogian depths, the Housemasters celebrated Yuletide by considering till further slashes in students' opportunities to entertain. Apparently, it isn't enough to castrate three hours each afternoon. Football Saturdays, where the seven until eleven privilege is most needed, may well lose those hours, too. This is by no means official yet, but one can hear Marley's chains already, clanking gloomily in the restructures' minds...
...dead; needed jazzing up. So Filene's is having a circus. Clowns handle Santa's overflow. Santa wears a green hat, and a young thing in a peppermint skirt, who could win Mrs. Santa an infidelity suit in any state, toys with it and purrs, "Christmas is sweet, isn...
...this,' he said, shoving an imitation wallet at me. "I got the worst present of all." He nudged one of the other children. "I'll show you," he said to me. "Pete, isn't this the worst present of all?" Pete was reading a comic book and didn't answer. "And look at this." The fat child pulled a polo shirt from his pocket and held it in front of his chest. "See," he said, "it's too small." He ran over to another child and began comparing polo shirts...
...team wins the Lyndouville races, says Wise, "then we'll go to the Senior division and stick." This would be the Middlebury Carnival. When asked about what chance the team had of jumping leagues, Wise commented, "The only thing I can say about it is that it isn't impossible. This team's got lots of potential...