Word: sandwiches
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CAPTAIN JAMES COOK dubbed the archipelago the "Sandwich Islands" when he dropped anchor off Kauai in 1778, got a god's welcome from thousands of handsome Polynesians again when he returned the following year, then was killed by natives during a fight over petty thievery. By 1796, the islands were under the firm, beneficent rule of King Kamehameha I. who united the land after ten years of civil war among smaller chieftains, and began turning his domain into a thriving nation. After his death in 1819, his son Liholiho (Kamehameha II) took over, began the systematic abandonment...
Radcliffe's Board of Hall Presidents yesterday elected Carolyn Miller '60, of Briggs Hall and New Canaan, Conn., as chairman for 1959-60. Jean Tyback '60, of Bertram Hall and Sandwich, was elected secretary-treasurer. Board of Hall serves as top student organ for dealing with problems in the dormitories at Radcliffe...
...pool on weekends. A natural lefthander, Sylvia has good balance while swimming, favors neither side, breathes from either. Her flat recovery stroke and low position in the water suits her for the longer distances that are her specialty. Sylvia polishes off four full meals a day-breakfast, lunch (meat sandwich), after-school snack (steak sandwich) and dinner (a small steak). She has little interest in boys, does not indulge in teen-age phone chatter, explains, "I do not have the time to waste." Admits Mrs. Ruuska: "We are different from the average family, but we like...
...sort of chronological narrative, in which the reader can follow the broad outlines of Mark Twain's hectic life-his days on a newspaper in Hannibal, Mo. (he worked for board and clothes), his career as printer in St. Louis, silver miner in Nevada, correspondent in the Sandwich Islands, river boat pilot on the Mississippi. Clemens fondly speaks of one "charmingly leisurely boat, the slowest on the planet. Upstream she couldn't even beat an island; downstream she was never able to overtake the current...
...Lettuce Sandwich. Party labels are no guideposts to the spenders. In South Dakota, Ralph Herseth, first Democratic governor in 22 years, quickly tacked another third to the budget increase suggested by outgoing Joe Foss. Contrariwise, Kansas Democrat George Docking has been the only Governor to compile a budget lower than last year's. And New York's big-budget Republican Rockefeller (see New York) is sandwiched between Democratic Liberals Robert Meyner of New Jersey and Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut, both with modest proposals and no tax increases...