Word: roome
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hopes of a Widener romance between Jane Bisque '59 and Eric Stough '59 have faded recently, as they've been having trouble finding two adjacent empty chairs in the reading room. "I'm sorry about it," said Janie, "I was getting quite good at writing with my left hand...
...plain Bratwurst or Spätzle. Plainness in food is more than made up for by the low cost of the six months abroad. The university charges only about $1,000-the amount it collects for a boarding semester at Stanford-for plane fare to Germany, board, room and tuition. Thoughtfully, Stanford officials made no provision for return flights to the U.S. Best evidence of Landgut Burg's success: the university is seriously considering a similar outpost in Florence, has in the back of its mind a Stanford-in-France and a Stanford-in-Mexico...
...same time, such as willing"). But for all its words, what the weighty issue added up to was a catalogue of who is solvent-and who is sharp enough to look solvent-in the world of entertainment. It was something for everyone, from Hollywood producers to hall-room has-beens, to leaf through during their idle hours until the next anniversary issue rolls off the presses...
Thoroughly versed in the maze of Cuban politics, Ruby does most of her reporting from her desk, gets many of her leads from her radio, which blares steadily in competition with a tape recorder, a television set, and a green parrot, all in the same room. Last week, as Fidel Castro's triumphant procession passed within view of her office, she emerged for her first look at the rebel chieftain. Castro had already paid his respects to her; last November he sent a runner 600 miles with a mountain orchid for the Timeswoman in Havana. Placid and permanent...
...even nature's ingratitude multiply. Gregg lures a diseased cat into the poorhouse grounds, and Prefect Conner orders it shot, increasing the murmurings against him. A truck loaded with Pepsi-Cola rams through a section of the compound's wall. Rain drives the inmates into the sitting room, where they cackle like a Greek chorus while Hook and Conner debate the merits of God v. scientific rationalism...