Word: lincolnisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years he made The New Yorker a synonym for urbanity, but he himself remained a bawling, rough-cut outlander from Aspen, Colo. A catty old friend, Alexander Woollcott, once described him as looking like "a dishonest Abe Lincoln." Rumpled, wild-haired and irascible, Ross talked in an ear-splitting voice, a combination of rasp and quack. He often expressed himself in skid-row profanity, or by mere grunts or gap-toothed grins. He had the energy of a bull, and a bull-like charm. Though he often sounded as crass as a cymbal, he had an amazing sensitivity for words...
...group includes Malcolm P. McNair '16, Lincoln Filene Professor of Retailing, and John V. Lintner, Jr., associate professor of Business Administration...
Victors for the varsity were Ted Rees, Hadden Tomes, Andy Miller, John Rauh, and Paul Garrigue, all sophomores. The Lincoln's Ian team is scheduled to play at Hemenway again today, this time against the freshman...
...varsity 'C' squash team shut out Lincoln's Inn of the Law School, 5 to 0 at Hemenway Gymnasium yesterday. In another match played yesterday, the freshman 'C' defeated the Harvard Club...
This afternoon's speakers will be Dean David, Dean Bishop, and Malcolm P. McNair, Lincoln Filene Professor of Retailing. After the ceremonies there will be a reception in Hamilton Hall. Tomorrow night will see a banquet at the Hotel Continental for the graduates, their wives, and their professors...