Word: rolles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Whether it was Wild Bill's fault or not (he won his share of games before he came to Tech), undergrads demanded that his head roll and that athletes once again be bought, retail or wholesale. A month ago, President Robert E. Doherty told protesting students: "Some of you may have come to the wrong school...
...Swords clash and warriors strut; lovers grieve and stab themselves; workers are whipped; gods curse; a group of students rebel against their teachers. In all these dances, Shankar uses only Indian instruments, the ancient ragas (modes), and the hundreds of gestures-a bent finger, a turned-up toe, a roll of the eyes-that have carried the same meanings to Indians for centuries...
Eating place that take reservations report close to capacity crowds on the advance booking alone. At the Locke-Ober Cafe applications for the Saturday evening meal began to roll in six weeks ago, and all tables were taken ten days ago. The Oxford Grille, which accepts only early dinner reservations, sold its last seat some time...
...custom to honor a hero by calling a town after him. With the renaming of Petrograd in honor of Lenin, the Bolsheviks picked up the custom and carried it on with such vigor that a Russian geography now reads like a combination Who's Who, Social Register and Roll of Honor...
...loudspeaker showed that Truman was holding on. In the center of the cheering, there was a small crowd of Young Republicans and their girls, formally dressed, drinking champagne, and never a one of them cracking a smile. But both sides knew that when the returns started to roll in, Dewey would pull out front; and neither side knew what would happen in the Senate or the House of Representatives. So nobody was excited...