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...which she bolts a door 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 »

...known that the blunder did not lie in the addition of the name of the German soldier, but in the fact, which must have shocked many people that Sunday morning, that the German chaplain's name carried the totally irrelevant addition "enemy casualty." It might have been appropriate to omit the name altogether, but anyone who heard the hymns, readings, prayers and sermon that morning would have noted the great contradiction between the meanings and any inscription which would remind those dedicating the memorial that this man remained an enemy even in death. One need accept neither the cynical policy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christian Spirit | 1/19/1952 | See Source »

...reshuffles others and caricatures most of its cast of 31 Carroll characters until they look more like Disney creations than the original Sir John Tenniel drawings that inspired them. Only the most unyielding Alice cultists would begrudge Disney an adapter's liberties, even when he feels forced to omit some favorite passages and characters, e.g., the White Knight, Humpty Dumpty. But Disney's liberties betray the tone and spirit of the original. The mock-solemn humor of Carroll's perversely logical nonsense is all but lost in a jazzed-up jangle of gags, violence, slapstick and sticky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Battle of Wonderland III | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

...above figures, Princeton interviews omit unfiled interviews. Princeton scholarship figures include loans. And in the Alumni Committee statistics, Yale includes individuals as well as full committees...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet and Bayley F. Mason, S | Title: Intense Ivy Rivalry for 'Elite' of Applicants Puts Harvard Eyes on Nation-wide Promotion | 6/21/1951 | See Source »

...blanks of candidates for admission today, the College asks the students to "omit mention of anything which would indicate your race, creed, color, or national origin." The admissions office may not keep in its files anything which would indicate this information when the applications are being acted upon. Letters of recommendation are returned if they give this data...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Fights Passage of State Bills Against Educational Discrimination | 3/24/1951 | See Source »

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