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...publication. Many of the other pictures, however, tend to wander around 315's pages so that they and the text frequently get lost in unrelated rectangles of photo-engraving and type. The text itself suffers from the vagaries of its many contributors; it is laced with gags like "Sergeant 'Sock it' Toomey." There is an inordinate number of misspelled names, an uncaptioned and isolated photograph of the CRIMSON's managing editor biting his nails, a complicated poll about the amount of time faculty members would like to spend teaching, and a simple and funny poll about the amount of time...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: The Bookshelf | 6/7/1951 | See Source »

...Nicky") Hilton Jr., 24, divorced last month by Cinemactress Elizabeth Taylor, got some more headlines with a one-round bout in the early morning calm of a Hollywood bar. An Air Force lieutenant with a brunette date asked Hilton to tone down his language. Instead, the lieutenant got a sock on the nose and some advice: "Bums like you ought to be in Korea." The Air Force counterattacked and Hilton got a lump behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Busy Life | 3/5/1951 | See Source »

...football [is] becoming more savage, vicious and dangerous each season . . . leading to a brutalization of players and spectators alike." As a prime example of capitalist brutality at work, Low recalled the cheer of his own Brooklyn high school (Brooklyn Technical): "Ram 'em, bam 'em, rock 'em, sock 'em, hit 'em hard, hit 'em low, c'mon Tech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Signals Off | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

When Carmichsel arrived, he grabbed a glass of beer, climbed up on a table, and started telling gags amid shouts of "sock it to 'em, Hoagy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoagy Carmichael Plays | 11/21/1950 | See Source »

...noticeable damage had been done to any to the Harvard buildings, Cunningham revealed. "There were the usual chalked walls, and a new saying, Sock it to 'em', appeared several times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Halloween Came, Went Quietly in Square | 11/1/1950 | See Source »

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