Word: rubbing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Boissevain, she did not have to worry about money again until the last years of her life, but illnesses of all sorts plagued her: "It's not true that life is one damn thing after another-it's one damn thing over & over-there's the rub-first you get sick-then you get sicker-then you get not quite so sick-then you get hardly sick at all-then you get a little sicker-then you get a lot sicker-then you get not quite so sick-oh, hell...
...primary purpose of this editorial, however, is not to rub in defects already discovered by the Student Council and presumably by the student body as well. We have our visions and our qualms, to be sure, but those of you who are reluctant to give anything at all because of them, be reassured. For there are three lines allotted for write-in purposes and there is nothing to prevent you from using them. Moreover, on the bottom of the Combined Charities brochure, passed out several days ago, there is a list of more conventional charities to consult before filling...
...stoneworking shops for children's homes, wrote a book, Adventure in Jade, on his expeditions up & down the U.S. He even took his hobby to work. At sales' meetings Businessman Kraft would hand out jade lucky charms from his workshop, sandwich in a little pep talk. "Rub this between the palms of the hand until warm," he would say, "make a wish, then go out and work like hell...
...religion that may rub...
...Druetzler proved no mudders and, though Wilt sloshed along valiantly, Purdue's Denis Johansson, 23, splashed past the leaders on the last lap, all but floated across the finish line to win by 10 yards over Wilt. Johansson's time (4:18.2) was understandably slow. The real rub: Purdue's Johansson might easily repeat or better his performance at Helsinki this summer-and, as a Finnish citizen, he will be running for his own country...