Word: overnights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...become, almost overnight, the most popular politician in France. "Everywhere I go," reported Minister of the Interior Charles Brune, ". . . Pinay is applauded in the newsreels. He is the first politician since De Gaulle who has received spontaneous applause...
...Overnight permission is given to any girl who wants it on the weekends, and to juniors and seniors at all times. But those who return to the campus must be there before the curfew tolls. The impressive Main Gate closes on weekdays at 1:30 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on weekends. Although there is a liberal attitude towards infractions of the lateness rule, the "hole" in the fence through which students used to be able to crawl in after hours has been wired-up. "Let the or twice so long as it doesn't become habitual." And latecomers...
Although he is a Harvard Overseer, Wood also owes allegiance to Washington University, a former gridiron non-entity which gained overnight notoriety after inclusion on next fall's Crimson schedule. Wood wouldn't go out on the limb to predict the winner, but he did say that the Bears are a tough "T" team, with two or three outstanding ballplayers and a strong first string. He wasn't sure, however, that they would have the depth to keep up with Harvard next October...
...time the royal couple had vanished into the remodeled White House-they were its first overnight guests-the capital was thinking of the visit as a new sort of Dutch treat. The Queen won more friends when she addressed a joint session of Congress the next day. Unawed by the glare of television lights or the big, crowded chamber, she pulled off her right glove with a quick movement, shook hands with Speaker Sam Rayburn and Vice President Alben Barkley, took out her speech-most of which she had written herself-tilted her chin toward the galleries, and went right...
...week's end, still looking fresh and energetic, the Queen set out for an overnight visit with her old friend, Eleanor Roosevelt, at Hyde Park, stopping en route for a two-hour tour of Philadelphia and an appearance at the 300th anniversary of Dutch-founded Kingston (pop. 28,817), N.Y. This week the royal couple motored down to see what had happened to another Dutch settlement, New Amsterdam. The big city made it plain that it enjoyed seeing the Queen too: a quarter-million people cheered her as she rode up lower Broadway to be welcomed at City Hall...