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...Commencement activities in check, nothing like a genuine, festive Class Day existed. But in 1834, some-where, somehow, iced punch came into the Yard, and within the next four years, Senior celebrations had become so bachannalian that President Quincy put a ban on dancing and drinking, thereby threatening to nip Class Day in the bud. But when the actual day arrived, the ladies, who according to some dim nineteenth century logic had previously gone away from the Yard in the afternoon when the real celebrating began, were allowed to remain. Something in the sight of the couples and the sound...
Even a trimming at the hands of Navy will not leave Bolles too depressed, nor will it nip the Crimson's Olympic hopes before they have a chance to bloom. Contrary to popular belief, qualification for the trials in June is not based on the situation in the win and loss columns, but merely on the filling out of an application form...
...effort to nip in the but any speculator about his absence at the current Washington meeting of 16 top Democratic National Committee leaders. Flynn declared that he had "made this Cambridge engagement some months ago" and did not feel he could manage...
...charges against British rule in Palestine. Britain, said the Jews, had "persistently yielded" to Arab violence and had helped to arm the Arabs, but had hamstrung Jewish defense efforts by searching out arms caches and disarming Jewish defense forces. "A swift assertion of lawful authority," said the statement, "can nip the evil in the bud and prevent violent movements from gathering momentum...
...fine upstanding old man who loved dogs and children and an occasional nip. He had a beard that was white and hoary with age and he made his living as a manufacturer of men's souls. In a way, he was very proud of his job because the souls that he made were very good souls, some of them were almost flawless...