Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Later at Downing Street, packed from end to end by a curious and curiously quiet crowd, the official talks began under strict wraps "to encourage Russian frankness." That night at No. 10, Prime Minister Eden gave a banquet, at which Britain's great appeared in "lounge suits" in deference to their guests' limited wardrobe. B. & K. came in voluminous gabardine topcoats over grey suits. But the hit of the evening was Sir Winston Churchill, pink and beaming at the old familiar door, waving a cigar and giving a V sign. Bulganin gave a jovial speech in which...
...doing this actual fund raising have been very quiet, however, about the present financial situation. One of the leaders in the campaign, John Mason Brown '23, who in 1953 assumed control of the Alumni Theatre Committee, said then that over $50,000 had been pledged. His last report given to the CRIMSON two weeks ago is that pledges are "coming in very slowly." University officials have indicated that they are trying to obtain one large donor, rather than conduct an all-out campaign. It is understood that in the last year, one prospective donor withdrew his offer at the last...
...began the debate. Within minutes the floor was in an uproar as most of the members began talking or clamoring for recognition at the same time. At one point Missouri Republican Dewey Short leaped to his feet and shouted that the disorder was ''absolutely disgraceful. I demand quiet!" Few heard his cry. and fewer heeded it. It was soon obvious that election-year pressures were more powerful than sound legislative judgment...
...hrer-minded C.O., and exposes him for the cowardly lump of jelly he is. In the meantime even the old soldiers die. Dorn and Kern are blasted to shapeless pulp by artillery shells. Schnurrbart is mistakenly murdered by a homosexual German officer settling a private score. It is a quiet day on the eastern front when a stray Russian shell catches Steiner. "Why are you bawling?" he asks the only old platoon member left to mourn him. "You're the last noncom. You mustn't bawl...
...million inherited from his father to a reported $100 million; at his villa, Soleil d'Or; in Juan-les-Pins, France. Francophile Gould moved to France in 1913 for a "temporary residence" that lasted for 43 years, made a fortune in race horses and real estate, turned the quiet backwater of Juan-les-Pins into a famed international...