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Many if not most, of those taking these and similar courses are upperclassmen, and hence the sole representative specimen of the course usually available in the houses is alternately worried and neglected by the ravenous readers, depending whether weekly quizzes are in the offing or not. Likewise the demand is further accentuated by the fact that reading in these courses is usually so extensive as to make it impossible for the average, student to acquire his own outfit. The situation is such, in short, that much time and temper are lost waiting for the desired volume to reappear upon...
...fourth floor of Winthrop House, somewhat out of sorts with the world just now because it is shedding its bluish-grey skin, but still "very good-natured and clean," coils G. Edgav Folk's healthy specimen, perfectly willing to show off to visitors by wrapping itself around its master's arm while its darting tongue increases its tempo...
Tony and Brenda were happily married, though Brenda. a recent toast of the town, felt exiled in the kind of hearty country life to which Tony was wedded. When John Beaver, a beautiful specimen of the unpopular sponger, spent a weekend with them. Brenda amused herself by being nice to him. One thing led to another and soon Brenda found herself having a full-time affair with the not-too-enthusiastic Beaver, while innocent Tony moped for her at home. The sudden death of their little son brought Brenda into the open. She announced to the stunned Tony that...
...theory that a barbecue is adequate consolation for a shattered marriage indicates the intellectual plane of Chained. This does not prevent it from being an entertaining specimen of baloney cinema, replete with sex and high life. In it, Clark Gable wears a little mustache and Joan Crawford gives all she has to her performance as a lady. Most vulgar shot: Mike, Diane and their friend Johnnie (Stuart Erwin) unbuttoning their breeches after a large meal...
...America's future lies in the hands of the young men of today. Of what stuff are these young men composed? In order to adequately split this infinitive and answer this question, we shall trace the career of a type specimen, Carlos Cantilever Grabblestump, Harvard...