Word: pound
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pound Cambridge City Councilman, who managed to figure quite prominently in parts of the initiation although it has been definitely ascertained that he is not a candidate for the "funny" magazine, stood around the outskirts of the group shortly after he had been subjected to a drop-kick which he admitted "lifted me right off my feet." While he attempted to calm his ruffled feelings, two exceedingly ominous looking gentlemen, attired in sweatshirts, their swarthy jowls covered with a wiry bristle, silently converged on him. For a moment the three stood watching the milling students and Storm Troopers with...
...celebration" of the second anniversary of Generalissimo Francisco Franco's dictatorship, Spanish Rightist aviators last week dropped tens of thousands of quarter-pound loaves of bread over the hungry Leftist cities of Madrid and Barcelona. Believing they had pulled off a stunt calculated to persuade Leftists that a Rightist victory would mean a full stomach, Rightist propagandists announced that Madrid's share of the bread, safely floated to the ground in makeshift parachutes, had been 178,000 loaves. Later, ending a week's pause, Rightist batteries west of Madrid resumed their futile shelling of the city...
...other hand, the Bunnies have done poorly in recent scrimmages, largely due to poor attendance at practices. Also, injuries have taken their toll of Rabbit regulars, with 200-pound Walt Bass and quarterback Ollie Foote sidelined with minor bumps...
...this may not mean much to the outside world, but to HARVARD UNDERGRADUATES it just goes to show the truth of the old proverb, PENNY WISE, POUND FOOLISH...
...starting today it is going to cost ONE POUND, more or less (consult Bursar's office for current rate of exchange), to change a course. Any course. Now for example, if you want to change from INDIC PHILOLOGY to HISTORY ONE, it is going to cost you a little under ONE SOVEREIGN...