Word: mocks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Excellency the Governor, scanning the sunny skies over Hong Kong, rested his eyes on a reassuring spectacle. A squadron of Spitfires screamed down in mock attack over the blue-green waters of Victoria Harbor. Their target: an aircraft carrier lying at anchor amid a great clutter of cargo junks, sampans and merchant ships from all parts of the world. "If they know we're strong," said Sir Alexander Grantham, referring to Hong Kong's 1,800,000 Chinese, "they...
Young Progressives will stage a mock the entitled "The People vs. Peekskill" featuring speeches by eyewitnesses and performers as well as records of the riot--at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Kirkland Junior Common Room...
...Sigma Chi house disgruntled brothers held a mock liquidation sale (see cut) in which most of the bottles were empties. The Daily Californian complained that the new rule "will mean a whole bottle instead of a drink. We'll just have to do our drinking parked up in the hills ..." Moreover, cried the student editors, by neglecting to discuss the decision with representatives of student groups, the administration had failed to treat students "like adults...
...Varsity prepared for this problem by devoting most of its practice time to a lengthy defensive mock scrimmage, with the jayvees simulating the Princeton single wing attack. The emphasis was on spinners, handoffs, and flankers...
With such mock solemnity Wall Street marked the passing of Commonwealth & Southern Corp., the giant utility holding company now finally dissolved under the Holding Company Act. For years. C. & S.'s low price (generally about $5 ) and large amount of common shares outstanding (more than 33 million) had made it a volume leader on the big board and a rich source of commissions for brokers. C. & S. preferred and common stockholders will get shares in four utility companies, with a listed total of only 20 million common shares...