Word: southern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Southern Californians in their teens and twenties had taken to jalopies and hot rods. The thing to do was to buy an old car, preferably a '32 or '33 Ford and strip it down to the essentials. With a flair for mechanics and enough money ($1,000 to $2,000), a kid could go on from there, transform his jalopy into a well-engineered hot rod, complete with extra carburetors, lightened flywheel, supercharger and five to ten coats of glistening lacquer...
...visiting King in 1939, he coolly consoled those he could not invite: "It's like heaven. Some are taken and some are left."¶Lord Lothian (1939-40), a Scottish Liberal and Christian Scientist who once lived in a hut next to Gandhi, loved speech-making and Southern fried chicken. Some said he had been in favor of appeasing Hitler, but his wartime patriotism was ardent and eloquent. ¶ Lord Halifax (1941-46), who also arrived with a faint aroma of appeasement clinging to his reputation, but soon became one of the most respected men in Washington. His character...
Most (77%) had gone to eastern colleges, and three out of ten had earned a degree at the institutions they later headed. Of the 35 southern colleges & universities, 32 had chosen a southerner for president...
...past 2½ years, Southern California has witnessed the growth of a phenomenon as typical as hot dog stands shaped like hot dogs, the self-service filling station. Since thrifty motorists can save 5? a gallon by filling their own tanks, the "serve yourself" stations are spreading all over the Pacific Coast, sell 20 million gallons a month. Major oil companies squirm at the inroads they are making in the sales of regular stations owned or leased out by the majors...
Another quaint outlet for the Stanford spirit is the pajamarino. The freshmen men annually put on pajamas for the rally before the game with Southern California. The festivities begin with the freshmen parading down fraternity row. The frat men line up on both sides of the street with stale fruit and water hoses. Freshmen survivors of this-proceed to the basketball court where they become the feature attraction of the rally. Then they march over to Roble Hall to serenade the freshmen women. This serenade usually turns into an attempt to storm the sacred Roble Halls. Up fire escapes...