Word: pedals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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About 50 Harvard men will pedal 15.7 miles to win a bike and a kiss from a Wellesley girl after the annual event. The kiss has been frowned upon by the Wellesley administration in the past few years, but the Crimson is making every effort to keep the old tradition alive...
...were fortunate enough to hear Charles Munch conduct the Requiem this week know that it is a remarkable piece, one that easily rises above the carpings. The orchestration is a revolutionary feature but there is more to it than unique sounds such as flutes combined with trombones playing pedal tones. The Requiem is great dramatic religious music...
Probably the most consistent thing about Smith is the way the girls dress. From Sunday night through Friday afternoon, the Smith student dresses with abandon that seems almost frantic. Skirts, except for a brief period around dinner time, are as rare as television in Tibet. Instead, she wears pedal pushers, or, if still in touch with an older tradition, dungarees. Above the waist, she will wear sweater, blouse, or shirt--anything, so long as it is sufficiently aged. If she's a senior, she can throw an academic gown over the whole costume when it normally would need washing...
After two days of friendly conversation, they came to agreement on two major points: i) the U.S. would not pull out of Korea and France would fight on with stepped-up U.S. aid in Indo-China; 2) France would not back-pedal on European defense...
Pride's Crossing-which closed at week's end-had moments of crude power and baleful atmosphere. But it was for the most part solemnly empty and luridly dull-all pedal and no piano...