Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...say, the disarmament proposal was "a pure propaganda maneuver," then it is apparently too bad we did not think of it first. It may be worse than just too bad, if we, as you have done, attempt to sneer at it or to laugh it off as impractical...
...member of Kappa Sigma I have nothing to say in the defense of the actions of our late U.S.C. chapter [Sept. 28] and I would be ashamed if any K Sig did come to their defense. You rightly call Dick Swanson a victim, and I agree with his brother's indictment of the chapter's actions...
...spite of what some critics may say, the solution lies not in the abolition of the fraternity system, but in the pressure of public opinion on the national organizations to force their chapters to use only the long-established formal rituals and not replace or supplement them with local juvenile pranks and potential murders...
...inventor of the dry martini is lost in history's haze. Some romantic gin-and-vermouth scholars say it was St. Martin of Tours, patron of tosspots. Others hold that a tipsy barkeep at San Francisco's Palace Hotel happened on the formula by accident before World War I. The Italian vermouth company, Martini & Rossi, is sometimes credited with first honors, and an 1862 bartender's manual describes a "martinez" which contains the basic ingredient but adds maraschino and bitters. Whatever its origin, there is no doubt that the martini is America's favorite cocktail...
There is scarcely a prison in the world where inmates do not gamble on the sly. But at Nevada's prison, gambling-just as in Reno and Las Vegas-is strictly legal. The reason, say prison officials, is based on realism. "I don't approve of gambling personally," says Art Bernard, who was Nevada State Prison warden until last spring. "But I am a great believer in facing facts. Making it legitimate for the prisoners gives you a control over it that you wouldn't have otherwise. It gives them something to do; if they have...