Word: parks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...international set at Istanbul was telling a true one on wealthy and open-handed Indian Ambassador Diwan Chaman Lall. Despite a 10% service charge tacked on to all his bills at the famed Park Hotel, Ambassador Lall knew well that the hotel's underpaid staff would be expecting tips when he left. So one day recently before rushing to catch the Ankara Express, he armed himself with a handful of crisp banknotes to take care of them. Sure enough, when he checked out, there was an expectant echelon of busboys, waiters, doormen, bellmen, telephone girls and elevator operators...
Harvard Club of Western Michigan, Merlin C. Findlay, 1103 People's National Bank Building, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Harvard Club of Western Pennsylvania, F. J. Torrance Baker '38, 341 Fourth ave., Pittsburgh; Harvard Club of Worcester, Chester W. Cook '19, 75 Park...
Cambridge police began an all-out drive yesterday to force College students to find a legal place to park their cars or else to leave them home after Christmas vacation, as rigid enforcement of parking ordinances was ordered at Central sq. headquarters...
...shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, other than one acting in an emergency, to park said vehicle in any street for a period of more than one hour between the hours...
Shannon's fame spread the length & breadth of the Antipodes. In New South Wales one day, Shannon ran a mile in i :34½-a feat more impressive than the world record of 1:34! set by Equipoise at Arlington Park in 1932. In Australia, horses are timed from a standing start, whereas U.S. horses get a five-or six-jump run at the starting pole. The greatest race Shannon ever ran, he lost. That day, he got left at the post by 60 yards and then put on a magnificent charge and barely failed...