Word: overflow
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...whole day had been set aside for debate on the issue, and an overflow crowd of spectators jammed the side aisles of the room in Cobo Hall to be present when the Episcopal fireworks went off. Virginia's Bishop Robert F. Gibson Jr. moved the acceptance of the invitation issued by the United Presbyterian General Assembly, to begin talks looking to eventual union of the Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Methodists and United Church of Christ.* He reminded his 190 fellow bishops that they were not passing on the merits of the Blake proposal as such, but on "an official invitation from...
...although some Masters have agreed to take three or four extra men, none of the Houses is planning to absorb a large part of the overflow...
Several Houses (notably Quincy and Leverett) have set up temporary barracks in some of their suites in order to take care of the overflow. The Administration, however, is not planning to force the Masters to convert any more rooms. This pressure should soon be alleviated by an increase in the number of students allowed to take private rooms outside the college Dean Watson declared yesterday...
...brilliantly lighted auction ring at New York's Saratoga race track one night last week stood a handsome bay colt. Among the overflow crowd of 1,600 at the open-air pavilion moved white-jacketed "spotters," alert for the telltale gestures-a casual nod, a lifted finger-that signifies a bid. The first horse went quickly. "Sold for $30,000," boomed Auctioneer Milton Dance Jr., rapping his gavel for emphasis. By the time Auctioneer Dance's gavel had fallen for the 48th and last time. $319,500 worth of horseflesh-all paid for in cash-had changed hands...
...fruit. Their weapons were the Indian club, the skipping rope and the trampoline; their uniforms were the leotard, the sweatshirt, and the bloomer; their hearts were uncompetitive and simon-pure. It was amateur night all week. In Stuttgart's commodious Nechar Stadium (capacity 90,000) and in 15 overflow halls around town, the third world festival of amateur gymnasts, the Gymnaestrada (the "way to gymnastics"), was under...