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...with her maidenly ulna to give Charlie time to flee through a trapdoor. It is not for mere moral support to a prince in his hour of need that Scottish ladies' societies around the globe are named in honor of noble Flora. To omit her finest hour is to mock the mettle of Caledonian womenhood...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Bonny Prince Charlie | 1/29/1952 | See Source »

...goal. It hopes to get "Ike" the local district, which includes Cambridge, and parts of Somerville, Watertown, and East Boston. Another of its objectives is the securing of the 10 delegates a large for him. It also hopes to have him nominated at the Harvard Young Republican Club's mock convention...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eisenhower Club Draws 150, Plans Local Nomination | 12/17/1951 | See Source »

...Smith Club has qualified for the finals of the Law School's Ames Competition by defeating the E. Warren Club in a mock trial on baseball's controversial reserve clause at Langdell Courtroom last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smith Club Gains Ames Law School Comp Last Round | 12/5/1951 | See Source »

Baseball's reserve clause will get a local airing tonight in the semi-finals of the Law School's Ames Competition. The Honorable William H. Hastie, judge of the United States Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit, will serve as chief judge at the mock trial in Langdell Courtroom which starts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Ames Semi-finals Begin Tonight at 8 p.m. | 12/4/1951 | See Source »

...lecherous, coupon-clipping U.S. edition of Colonel Blimp ("I'll tell you what I'd do if I were General Eisenhower. I'd do exactly what General Lee would have done if he'd been General Eisenhower!"); the nubile, doe-eyed golddigger who is mock-terrified in the clinches ("But where is all this leading us to, Mr. Hartman-Miami? Palm Beach? Hollywood?"); and the gimlet-eyed old biddy who adores baseball players ("We do sell them sometimes, lady, but only to other teams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wonderful & Weird | 11/26/1951 | See Source »

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