Word: phil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Linguistics is an exact science, as anyone who has ever studied under Professor Joshua Whatmough knows. Concentrators in Comp. Phil., however, find their studies branching out into anthropology, psychology, and even philosophy before they are through...
Concentrators normally combine two full courses in Comp. Phil. with at least two courses in another department. In all, six approved courses are required for concentration. All men in the department must be candidates for honors, but the thesis need be only 10,000 words long...
...Fingers. Everything was handled with great care. Gangsters Albert ("Big Albert") Anastasia, Abe ("Kid Twist") Reles, Harry ("Pittsburgh Phil") Strauss and Emanuel ("Mendy") Weiss spent weeks in planning. One Jacob Migdon spent a long time "fingering" the job, and reported that Orlofsky, a short, fat man, left his Bronx apartment at exactly 7:55 every morning. Thus, when the big day came, Parisi was standing near by at exactly the right time...
Other bandleaders decided to take a ride too. Phil Harris cut in with Muskrat Ramble and Walk with a Wiggle, planned also to make his next album with a New Orleans beat. Tommy Dorsey hastily reassembled his old Clambake Seven to record Way Down Yonder in New Orleans and Tiger Rag. Gene Krupa parked his successful 16-piece band, picked up a six-man crew in & around Greenwich Village and recorded his first oldtime jazz in more than ten years. Exchanging his tux for shirt sleeves and slacks, Drummer Krupa, who had his first taste of jazz from Louis Armstrong...
Love did not decide upon the first boating until last Tuesday, when he shifted Joff Wyman from the first seat in the second crew up to number five in the first boat. Previously he had taken Phil Dullois from the second-boat six oar and put him at two in his first eight...