Word: motto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wendell still rules with the air of a cultured coach, still inviting the new boys out for a Sunday picnic, still setting "surprise holidays" whenever his whim dictates, still keeping pace with The Hill's old motto-"Whatsoever things are true." But last week, Headmaster Wendell announced that he wanted to change his job. He thought a younger man should take over, so that he could devote his full time to building The Hill's financial future. His plans for the future are in line with everything he has always worked for-a still broader scholarship program, additional...
...When I'm going out of a store, I can generally count on seeing Ike on his way in." Currently expanding into suburban areas, the Katz brothers have a slogan ready for their new stores: "Buyways off Highways." But Ike, now 72, will never drop his favorite motto for retailing success: "Give 'em a free ride...
...Bible and Shakespeare, learned the history of their ancient dynasties from Hsia to Ching. They learned basketball and Chinese boxing, studied ancient dances and whistled the latest U.S. tunes, wore Chinese gowns and rode bicycles. On their own campus, students and scholars lived in easy harmony, with the Yenching motto-"Freedom through Truth for Service" -as their common guide...
...House of Commons and described the condition of Britain. Said he: "There is muddle in defense, muddle in groundnuts, jmddle in newsprint, muddle in coal, muddle in housing, and now the greatest muddle of all-meat. 'Muddle, muddle toil and muddle' is [the government's] motto. The trouble is that these witches somewhere on the Whitehall heath cannot go on to say, 'Fire burn and cauldron bubble,' because there is a fuel muddle as well...
...Strangways strode angrily across St. James's into White's and, when Bevan and Sir John left the club shortly after, followed them outside. Fox-Strangways' family motto is Faire sans dire-deeds without words. Silently, he landed a kick on Bevan's broad backside. The minister stumbled down the last half-dozen steps, was hurried into his car by Sir John. The Air Marshal declared later that Bevan behaved with "great restraint and dignity...