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Republican regulars looked at Harold Stassen with new interest. Partly it was because the overworked gossip about other presidential possibilities had turned stale for the time being. Partly it was because GOPsters were curious about the impact of his European jaunt. But mostly it was because of Stassen himself...
First team to clinch a House title this winter, the Adams squash squad will accompany the Lowell five on the jaunt to New Haven, tackling the formidable Eli champions...
...Washington immensely. He returned the "Vivas!" of street crowds, shook hands untiringly at dinners and parties, slept well under a robe of vicuna pelts at the embassy, got up as early as usual. On his last day he went sightseeing. In the morning he took a 2½-hour jaunt in the Sacred Cow, peered down from 13,000 feet at smoking Paricutin volcano. After that, reddening in the sun, he drove 30 miles to view the archeological wonders of Teotihuacan, ate lunch in a flower-walled tent, and marveled at the ancient Temple of Quetzalcoatl...
Bridling at the censorship, the Workshop cited historical precedent in Maud Adams 1911 "Lady Godiva" jaunt through Harvard Yard, and trotted out plans for construction of a hay-lined dressing room...
...guests. Suburban Westchester residents had squawked indignantly when the U.S. began looking around the county for permanent quarters. Long Island groups protested, less notably, at the rate at which U.N. employes took over apartments and houses in a housing crisis. This week, after a fortnight's site-hunting jaunt, U.N.'s delegates sat down to select a new home...