Word: midnighters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After a week of waiting in New York for a stubborn spring storm to lift, he was on his way to see a musical comedy when he learned that the weather was improving. At midnight, he went to bed to try to catch two hours' sleep. He could not sleep, rose at 2:15, and watched his plane being gassed up and trundled into position on the runway at Roosevelt Field (when he finally touched down, he had been without sleep for roughly 54 hours). Several men pushed frantically on the struts to get him started, lumbering through...
...expert horseman and huntsman, Edward learned to fly, to surf-and to swing, which in those days was called belonging to the "gay" set. In the whirling world of the '20s, whatever the prince wore became instant fashion: he popularized plus fours, decorative woolen sweaters, midnight blue tailcoats, tartan jackets and oversized knots in neckties. Aged 41 when he became king, he had long been the most eligible British bachelor since King Arthur. A near-worshiping public chanted the popular song: "I know a girl who knows a girl who danced with the Prince of Wales...
That is no doubt true. But there were other reasons for the committee's curt dismissal of the parietals proposal. First of all, it was far too extreme. The plan Stewart backed called for noon to midnight visiting hours every day except Saturday, when they would last until 1 a.m. That would mean more than doubling the present number of hours, and that was just too radical for the Masters. After all, the only change before December of the rules drawn up in 1953-54 was extending Saturday hours from 11 p.m. to midnight. And that...
...become effective next Fall, require upperclassmen and second semester freshmen to sign out (and specify their destination) only when they will be out past 8:30 a.m. the next morning. Present rules not only include this overnight signout but also demand that girls sign out -- without indicating destinations -- between midnight...
Most of all, Carson is a master of the cozy pace and mood that he believes are appropriate for the muzzy midnight hours. Unlike Paar, he avoids meet-the-press-style interviewing, and never goes beyond his intellectual depth. Neither does he use his terrible swift wit to cut down his guests. One night, Zsa Zsa Gabor hogged the show terribly. While Carson will sometimes needle her to her face ("Any girl who has a drip-dry wedding dress...