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Greeks wanted "Van Flit," as they call him, to remember their gratitude. During the days before his departure, gifts poured into his Grande Bretagne hotel room: rugs, trays, photographs, and a precious pair of cuff links (a gift from Queen Frederika). His harassed wife Helen sighed, "They spoil him so he is going to be impossible to live with." Van Fleet said he was proud to be leaving behind a tautly trained Greek army, "today the finest in this part of the world...
...Oubaas (Old Master) was 80 last week. Nothing showed Jan Christian Smuts's continued influence more vividly than the way his enemies tried to spoil the party. But not even his former pupil and now bitterest rival, Premier Daniel Malan, could prevent Smuts's having the most rousing reception of a long life...
...sorts of arguments have been advanced against the Club. Some observers feel the building will spoil the esthetic effect of the Lowell House tower, others consider a new Varsity Club detrimental to the spirit of the House plan. But the only reason which the Corporation saw fit to offer for its decision was that it had a "moral obligation" to Allston Burr '89, and it is this which has served as the center of the controversy. Once you decide the "moral obligation" does not exist, then you can spend Burr's donation, which amounts to over one million dollars...
Heroes, like Hudson River shad, are a notably perishable commodity; no matter how brightly they may gleam when they are hauled into public view, they have a disconcerting tendency to spoil if they are left in the sun. Those who do not go gracefully to an early grave often fall easy prey to baldness, fallen arches and the horrors of earning a living. Even if they avoid relief rolls, and skid-road bars, they are still apt to end up squirting old ladies with water pistols at American Legion conventions...
...meal eating encouraged is the crackers and milk served at 10 p.m. nightly during exam period. Fifteen years ago, however, hot soup was passed out during the middle of exams. The tradition was permanently discontinued by the harrassed professors. They found that spilled broth and ?what? broads seemed to spoil the austere atmosphere of the exam hours...