Word: latelies
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...CLOTHES. Around 1000 B.C. the nomads of Central Asia found that their simple cloth or hide wraps were uncomfortable on horseback; so they invented trousers. Trousers were so closely associated with barbarians that when some Romans began sporting them an imperial edict was issued against their use. As late as 1814 the Duke of Wellington was refused admission to his club because he wore trousers. Cuffs on trousers first appeared in New York City near the end of the 19th century after an Englishman on his way to a fashionable wedding was caught in a downpour and turned...
...greatest beauty aid of all-soap -was an invention of the barbarian Gauls, who made it from goat's tallow and beech ashes. Though the Greeks and Romans praised cleanliness, neither used soap. As late as 1853, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gladstone condemned soap as "most injurious both to the comfort and health of the people." Fortunately, some prejudices come out in the wash...
...Each girl is allowed three late nights, with the previous permission of her proctor (who issues her a late pass), during the 8-week summer session...
...main problem with the late Beethoven quartets is one of scope. These works stretch the expressive potential of the string quartet to the limit. While they are conceived on a scale comparable to that of any of his major orchestral works, they face the tremendous problem of developing within the bounds of an idiom whose orchestrational possibilities are very limited. As a result, Beethoven sometimes demands more of the string quartet than can be done with the instruments at hand. His Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132, however, carefully skirts any such fault. Ideally played, it demonstrates true virtuoso quartet...
...although the rules are explicit, they are hardly effective. Dorms are locked at 1 a.m., and if a girl is late returning, she must get a University policeman to let her in. The policeman takes note of her late return and forwards the information to the Deans. The result of the rules is that girls who are going to be a little late are tempted to stay out all night instead of being liable to disciplinary action. Staying out all night is perfectly safe, because there are no room checks during the night and no one is any the wiser...