Word: reminder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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President Pusey and members of the Corporation and Board of Overseers will join the tutorial staff and many former associates of the House at the dinner. "To remind the undergraduates that the House is an academic community, the President and other guests will wear academic garb," said the Master, "but some of the officials will sit amongst the undergraduates and exchange human conversation with them, if they choose...
...just wanted to remind the Harvard public and any one who cared to listen that serious work was ahead for the team. If the coach had been more than unusually propaganda-minded, he might also have pointed out that Cornell, with only a brief lapse of memory last fall, doesn't forget its pre-game predictions...
Tourist Snapshots. One of Gunther's chief qualities is his tourist's knack for relating the far-off to the familiar. Thus, the muffled women of Tangier are like "wads of Kleenex," while some native chiefs remind him of Chicago ward heelers. Often he exaggerates and occasionally he is downright naive, but when it comes to picturesque details, Reporter Gunther has them all. "Giraffes," he reports from East Africa, "intertwine their necks when making love." And he is equally informative on human marriage customs...
...blown another and wound up blaming it on the umpires (see cut). It was hard to believe New York was still in the league. But the Yankees knew better. Next day, they gave Cleveland a rough afternoon, split a double header, stayed ii games back and managed to remind Manager Al Lopez pace-setting Indians that they were still running hard in the pennant race...
...increasing the church's rolls, even if it means luring people from other denominations ("Can you imagine the representatives of General Motors suffering any qualms over taking customers away from Studebaker?"). In asking for money ("this is primarily what you are concerned with"), the wise pastor will remind his people that "if you trust the Lord and put in ten dollars, you will get twenty in return...