Word: second-hand
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...unfortunate enough to be born to people whose last name begins with a letter beyond G in the alphabet is in for the dirty end of the deal. Since men from A through G only are welcome at the first tea, by Wednesday the women are likely to be second-hand and shop-worn; obviously, it is unfair, and absolutely unpredictable, to judge a Radcliffian not at her very best...
...dollar socked away now when it can buy a mediocre pair of drawers, may pay for most of a good second-hand suit when the threatening boom busts...
Unlike many colleges throughout the country, Harvard entered the housing free-for-all late in the game. Six months after M.I.T. broke ground for their college-financed West gate project, Harvard was still tied down in complex arrangements with the city and federal government aimed at importing second-hand, defense plant dwellings for use on Cambridge sites. The negotiations paid off-200 families now live in the Jarvis Field and Business School developments-while 100 more will find lodging , though definitely not low-cost, in the recently acquired Brunswick Hotel. More than anything else, University Hall has counted...
While the University authorities have acknowledged the problem, their attention has resulted in a make-do policy that will look good on the financial balance sheets, but will pale beside the efforts of other colleges. Harvard's record consists of importing 198 second-hand government units from a Maine project, setting these dwellings up on three areas adjacent to the University, and running them in conjunction with the government. Realizing the drop-in-bucket inadequacy of this effort, an administrative committee is quietly searching out the alumni and local realtors for vacant apartment buildings and hotels and is further conducting...
...Running a second-hand clothing business is a little more than I bargained for when I took this job," signed Buel S. Smith '49, chairman of the Jubilee Committee, yesterday, as he announced that he now had offers totaling over 100 from second had clothiers, housewives, retired orchestra conductors, and one exworker of a private escort service to supply used formal wear for ticket holders to the Jubilee on April...