Word: manners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...head for showing such plentious school spirit, something most of us thought we had securely stuffed into some far distant locker along with a soggy, twelfth grade gym suit. As I read on I realized we were indeed being patted on the head in much the same manner as one might ruffle the hair of a four year old after snatching his lollypop...
...novels of Thomas Wolfe often seem written at the top of his voice, shouted in the mingled accents of Coleridge, Melville, Tolstoy, Joyce and Walt Whitman, accompanied by the basso profundo of Ecclesiastes. But Wolfe was more than an echo chamber. Though writing in the manner of many men, what he had to say was pre-eminently his own, and he came excitingly close to creating the long-anticipated Great American Novel...
...report considered the House system and possible characteristics of a new House or Houses, and also noted, that "the College should examine the possibilities of all manner of housing arrangements." It then asked, "might it not be useful to experiment, as so many colleges are now doing, with cooperative dormitory arrangements of some sort...
...position was well-taken, but a minor reservation arises as to the manner of its presentation to the public. It would appear that the Department of Athletics tried to keep the story quiet. Releases were mailed to only a part of the regular mailing list, and there was careful wording to avoid the mention of the word "Negro," and to stress the word "eligibility." Furthermore, the issue was released during the World Series, when it could normally expect little notice on sports pages...
Just how the three Clearing House handicappers combine their predictions to work out the odds quoted to customers is their big trade secret. But they collect their information in a perfectly prosaic manner: they subscribe to 59 daily and Sunday newspapers, study 97 college papers (including the Harvard Crimson and Yale Daily News). "We don't hire coaches or students to work for us as agents," says Hirschfield. But so accurate are his odds over the long run that the rumor-however unfounded-persists that he has knowing operatives on every campus...