Word: overnighters
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Frequently the Hahnlosers took the overnight sleeper to Paris and nearly always returned with crates of paintings and graphics. On one early trip Dr. Arthur bought a nude that he praised as having "cool, exact, beautifully executed lines, and whose intensely clear colors appeared like such a relief from the general air of muggy sensuality." It turned out to be by a fellow Swiss named Felix Vallotton, a member of the Nabis and soon a lifelong friend of the collectors...
...that journeyed to South Viet Nam last October. No sooner did the mission arrive in Saigon to investigate Buddhist claims of religious persecution than the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem was overthrown. Whether the Buddhists had been victims of the Diem regime, or consummate political agitators-or both-overnight became a neglected question. Though every presumed Buddhist immolation had made front pages for months, editors barely noted or even read the 250-page U.N. report when it was published in December...
...E.F.L. sees it, the key to college planning is "maximum convertibility." New class buildings will need movable walls for instant subdivision of big lecture halls into small seminar rooms, and vice versa. Physics labs must be convertible to biology labs almost overnight. Libraries need individual studies for independent research, computers to replace the card catalogue. To offset the anonymity of mass learning, dormitories should stress small-group living, even incorporate classrooms...
...this time they're not being labeled "chocolate," "peach," or "time." Instead, Briggs Hall has chosen an intricate system of sign-outs which involves four labeled cubby-holes: "in," "definite," "estimated," and "overnight...
...Estimated" cards are not checked until the dorm opens the next morning, since the return time is only approximate. If the Briggsite signs out for later than 8 a.m. or for a weekend, her card must go in the "overnight...