Word: layings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...amazed at the constant peering into the casket by those present and the conversation concerning the deceased as though she herself were lying in the casket and not her mortal remains. One niece kept a 48-hour vigil beside the body while it lay at the funeral home awaiting burial because she "didn't want Auntie to be left alone" Photographs were made of the body in the casket and distributed among the relatives several weeks later...
...Last year on the Don I witnessed a symbolic picture. I saw a half-filled grave, and by it lay a German helmet. In the grave lay a skeleton, only partly covered by the shreds of what was once the grey-green uniform of a German soldier. A sharp-edged fragment of a Soviet shell had shattered his face. The gaping mouth of the skeleton was filled with fertile loam and from this was already rising a curling shoot of convolvulus, bearing its delicate flowers...
High scorer for the Crimson was John Rockwell, for the second game in a row, with set shots and lay-ups worth 19 points. Princeton starts George Sella and George Lawry tallied 14 and 12 points respectively, but together they scored only five in the entire second half...
Granting the simple logic of this approach, admitting the success of the venture thus far, the thoughtful undergraduate might well wonder what his chances for a job will be in 1951 under such a system. Other schools--among which Yale is an out-standing example--lay much more emphasis on placement and much less on discovering aptitudes and inclinations. In a time when jobs are scarce, the Yale man who has been told precisely where his best chances lie is likely to have a distinct advantage over the Harvard man who has been told that he would make a good...
...will be little more than the a gentle warm-up after the vacation lay-off when the varsity hockey team tangles with Northeastern in he Arena at 9 o'clock tonight. In its last encounter with the Huskies the Crimson eased to an 11 to 4 win without even having to lock good...