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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...drinking, thereby threatening to nip Class Day in the bud. But when the actual day arrived, the ladies, who according to some dim nineteenth century logic had previously gone away from the Yard in the afternoon when the real celebrating began, were allowed to remain. Something in the sight of the couples and the sound of the band made President Quincy reverse his field and exclaim "Music! Young men! Young ladies! No dancing! Take partners for a cotillion!" And the resulting festivities were repeated annually, and improved, and finally officially named Class...
...comfortable place. It neither welcomes pilgrims on arrival, nor says goodbye when they leave. It is seldom impressed with their triumphs and does not mourn if they choose to dive out a window. There is no lonelier sight in the world than a dead man lying on a Manhattan sidewalk, ringed by a throng of the half-curious...
...broke like a shot and led into the stretch. Then 41,877 fans saw a sight they had trouble believing. Instead of pulling away, Coaltown was staggering. Vulcan's Forge caught up and passed him. A stunned audience had to wait for a photograph to make sure The Goose had finished even as well as second...
Nervous and shy, he was a poor student in school and made few friends. Once, told by his mother to kiss a cousin, "I went obediently up and she drew me towards her; but at the sight of her bare shoulder and its dazzling whiteness, some sort of craziness possessed me; instead of putting my lips to the cheek she offered me, fascinated by her dazzling shoulder, I gave it a great bite . . . My cousin screamed with pain and I with horror. She began to bleed and I to spit with disgust...
Billy didn't git; like any boy, he was thrilled at the prospect of seeing a real battle. When the Army of Northern Virginia hove in sight, "wave after wave, billow after billow," Billy was squatting on top of a fence...