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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pedestal for keeps. Most men of Washington's rank, writes Freeman, "considered him ambitious and not particularly likable or conspicuously able . . ." Washington's favorite disciplinarian was the cat-o'-nine-tails: 25 lashes for profanity, 100 for drunkenness. His letters to superiors were often fawning, too prone to dwell on his own belief that he was "open and honest and free from guile...
Lanky, gawky Bob Falkenburg, who has a pretty sister (Jinx) and a fireball serve, made himself unpopular at Wimbledon last week. In the semifinals, he alienated the fans by kneeling with his head down on the grass like a Mohammedan at sunset, or just lying prone at the baseline to rest for the next point. London's press arched an eyebrow at his "curious mannerisms" and "irritating demeanor." Explained Falkenburg: "I was tired...
...result, many parts of the traditional commencement program will have to be omitted so as not to conflict with exam schedules. And most graduating seniors are prone to blame politics as the reason for the change...
...Normen Tronton, senior president, warned that "with the commencement now coming in the middle of final examinations, senior will not be prone to attend the exercises if they have to study for forthcoming finals...
...couldn't pull off a deal like that in any other country. Americans are uniquely prone to isolate emotion from life, and so cut off it inevitably turns to cheap sentimentality. The treatment of mothers is one indication of the general American attitude toward women; the plight of the wife ("the little woman") is well enough known and horrible. And so far she is Day-less. As for mothers, their main trouble is usually that they have too much to do in the early years and not enough later on. The plight of the American woman whose children...