Word: stampedes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Moderation Plus Mediocrity. The "revelations" of Dr. Modesto arrive in a large white envelope stamped "CENTRALISM is FOR YOU," and form the core of this uneven but intriguing first novel by Alan Harrington. The doctrine of "Centralism" and what it does to Hal Hingham gives Author Harrington, a Manhattan public...
A crowd of 500 crammed the crusty old castle's gold and white Prunksaal-chosen for its fine baroque acoustics-and waited to see how Kirkpatrick would survive. Massive and leonine behind his shell rims, the harpsichordist filled the concerto with muted and lyrical brilliance, the fantasy with stringent...
The women stamped out, and in the freezing weather formed a laager (camp) at the foot of a statue of General Louis Botha, valiant warrior against the British in the Boer War. All night long and all the next day and night they stayed there, huddled in blankets and occasionally...
OUR direct-mail approach to subscribers, old and new, has always had excellent results. Sometimes they are even amazing. The return, stamped envelopes have brought back keys, rent money, slices of cheese and once, an upper plate of false teeth so dull they could not bite their way out of...
Housemasters well deserve their reputation for staunchly upholding good taste in clothing. Witness last week's example, when the Masters' Council stamped out the Adams House attempt to drop the coat and tie rule. They should act equally fast in revoking the biddies' prohibition of shorts in the dining halls...