Word: mace
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...also had a recipe: "To comfort ye brains, and for ye palsie, and for ye giddiness of the head. Take a handful of rose flowers, cloves, mace, nutmeg, all in a powder, quilt in a little bag and sprinkle with rose water, mixed with malmsey wine, and lay it in ye nod of ye neck...
...years ago. In fact, Hammond seldom pretends about anything; he is straight-forward and direct, occasionally, as one Kirkland tutor suggests, to the point of near-indiscretion. But this frankness has won Hammond the respect of House members--you always know, they say, where you stand with The Mace...
...native of New Orleans. "Any warmth in the House," Hammond says, a little proudly, "comes from my wife." But, while House members attest to Mrs. Hammond's engaging personality, they usually add that Hammond under-rates his own influence. With his hearty voice and his sincere manner, The Mace has brought a warmth to Kirkland and a determination to be of real help to the students. This determination, while sturdy, has its lighter side. His College roommate remembers that Hammond always did crossword puzzles with the vertical definitions covered. He resolved to work to work out puzzles horizontally and after...
...William Mace Hickey, Jr. '54 of Larchmont, N.Y. and Winthrop House, was elected captain of the junior varsity baseball team after the Jayvees lost their season's opener, 6 to 1, to Quonset Naval Base. Hickey is the catcher...
Best of all, they liked the infrequent glimpses of her straight-backed figure, in long, lavender coat and jeweled turban, stalking through the rubble of wartime London with her inevitable, restless, prying umbrella, authoritative as a royal mace, or the sight of the old Queen pottering in & out of antique shops, slipping into the back row of suburban movie theaters, sweeping down Pall Mall in her towering automobile. "I think they call it a Daimler," she told a bemused G.I. to whom she gave a ride...