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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gras Talleyrand† from Surprise Omelet Milord- from apple pie a la mode.†† The champion was a writer for Budapest's Communist daily Vilagossag, who (he related in his column) recently walked into a "people's restaurant" and promptly had his appetite ruined by an item on the menu called Tournedos a, la Metternich.*Nor was this all. Austria's great conservative statesman, "this symbol of European reaction," was joined on the menu by a symbol of British imperialism-Veal Steak a la Nelson^-and one of Hungary's famous feudal families-Beef Steak...
This custom built lamppost, set up yesterday across from the main entrance of Lamont Library, is probably the last item on the project's $3,000,000 budget...
Snow-shoeing, like other winter sports requires four or more inches of snow, countless energy and a special type of shoe, known as a snow-shoe. This item, although it may be purchased at most sports stores, is easily constructed from old tennis or squash racquets. No matter which method a person uses, it is the opinion of experts that the beginner requires a great deal of intestinal fortitude...
...visible results. NSA cost the Council $1300 in 1948-49 and will cost about $800 this year. Most of the money went toward paying the expenses of the NSA delegation's trips. In reply to a demand from Council Treasurer Roy M. Goodman '51 for a cut on this item, Robert F. Fuller '50, chairman of the Harvard NSA, insisted four men was rock bottom for adequate representation at national conventions...
Atomic Superlatives. From both sides of the aisle, Senators crowded in to watch the fun as Byrd took off after his accuser, item by item. Humphrey had called his committee "the No. i example of waste and extravagance," snorted Byrd. That was not only a misstatement; "even in this atomic era of superlatives, it must go down as a super-exaggeration." In the past nine years the committee had spent only $127,000. In return, it had pushed through savings of more than $2.4 billion...