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Dartmouth and Amherst have expressed their satisfaction at our solution. With a fine diplomatic flourish, Amherst President Charles Cole wrote : "I would say that Judge Linen had beaten Judge Solomon, for he has doubled instead of halved the baby...
...After linen tablecloths and napkins had been cleared from the Adams House dining hall, Gerrick's "The Lying Valet" was presented under the direction of Robert F. Metzdorr, resident fellow, and Seymour O. Simches, instructor in Romance Languages...
...welcome the Dalai Lama should he flee from Lhasa into their midst, as his predecessor did in 1910. The town had one big worry. If he comes, will the Tibetan God-King bring enough sheets? In 1910 frenzied devotees kept ripping the exalted exile's linen to bits to preserve as sacred objects, along with the dust from his room and his holy bath water...
...student porters work in a few selected dorms. They make beds only on that one day a week when the linen is changed. Tech supplies the students with sheets, pillow-cases, and towels. On other days, room occupants make their own beds while the porters dust and empty wastebaskets...
...fastidiously as a latter-day Beau Nash. A symphony in greys, he orders as many as a dozen suits at a time from exclusive Manhattan Tailor James Bell (other customers: James Farley, Harry Truman). He always sports a deep red carnation in his buttonhole, tucks an expensive handspun, monogrammed linen handkerchief in the pocket beneath it. His silk and poplin shirts are custom-made (by Sulka) with a special high, soft collar. His oversized, flowing bow ties, supposedly copied from those worn by Elbert (Message to Garcia) Hubbard, give him a faintly poetic...