Word: ransoms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...carries through into the undergraduate's every action. An alumna tells the story of this spring's version of a traditional Wellesley rite--theft of the sophomore banner by freshmen. In an unusually spirited retaliation, the sophomores kidnapped the president of the freshman class and held her overnight in ransom for their flag. "Of course," the alumna adds quickly, "they asked the permission of the Dean of Students first...
Other participants in the symposium will be Allen Tate, John Crowe Ransom, Elliott Coleman, Richard V. Chase, Jr., Egon Fritz-Vietta of Germany, Charles L. Stevenson, and Alfred V. Frankenstein, music and art critic...
...meeting between Vogeler's handsome, Belgian-born wife and Secretary of State Acheson, news leaked that the U.S. was negotiating for Vogeler's release. A press association correspondent reported that the Hungarians were demanding the return of the 1,000-year-old crown of St. Stephen as ransom for Vogeler. The crown, a religious relic and symbol of. Hungarian sovereignty, was stolen by the Nazis, recovered by the U.S. Army. Roman Catholic dignitaries, including New York's Cardinal Spellman, protested against the return of the crown...
...competitor: "If you want to put us out of business, go ahead and try. Goodbye." By 1929 the two Katz stores were grossing $5,000,000 a year. By 1930 the Katzes were famous enough for Mike to be kidnaped by mobsters and held for $100,000 ransom (Ike paid...
Emmanuel, who was very well received at last summer's Poetry Conference, attracted wide attention in the fall of 1949 when the State Department accused him of Communist leanings and denied him a visa as a visiting lecturer at Wellesley. Ransom, editor of the Kenyon Review, has just published a new book of poems...