Word: reunion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Altogether, Roger Slaughter was the thumpingest political headache the President had. Attending his Class of '28 reunion at Princeton last week (see EDUCATION), Roger Slaughter did not seem to mind...
...Princeton's first reunion since 1942, and the largest in her 200 years; 10,000 alumni from 52 classes were singing Going Back to Nassau Hall. Tired businessmen, bankers, lawyers and bond salesmen joyfully shucked off their Brooks Brothers' pinstripes and climbed into silly Mardi Gras costumes for a lost weekend. For four days Mayor Minot Morgan Jr., '35 and the police of little Princeton borough (pop. 7,719) were as busy as if the Legion had come to town...
Most class-reunion outfits were boisterous refinements of the Princeton seniors' "beer suits" (painters' white overalls and white jackets). The solid citizens of the Class of 1922 crashed through with the loudest and fanciest variation: black-&-orange plaid overalls, and blue-grey jackets with matching plaid pockets...
Alexis de Villeneuve, M.R.P. candidate, was speaking at a rally in the Place de la Cathédrale, main square of the island's capital, Saint-Denis. He was interrupted by a group which included Paul Verges, son of Reunion's Communist Deputy. According to the M.R.P. paper L'Aube, the hecklers rattled nails in empty kettles and banged iron spoons against pots & pans. Whereupon De Villeneuve turned on his tormentors and cried: "If you have any questions to ask, ask them in a proper way." Verges yelled back "Yes. How does the candidate like this?" Whipping...
...Also own Reunion...