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...silence. When it came at last, he reverentially intoned the pedigree of the skittish filly in the ring below, then turned the microphone over to the man beside him. "Well-1-1-1 . . ." began the second man in a rolling baritone, "who'll give 10,000 to starta? I got five, six, seven. All righty nowya, who'll give 10,000 fora, who'll bid 10,000 dolla billa, billa, billya, willya, willya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saratoga Auction: The Very Elegant Crap Game | 8/23/1971 | See Source »

...plans during this academic year to starta project in Tanzania, a development which your reporter mentioned in another article in the Pre-Registration Issue. He could not have known, however, that the DAS is also discussing a possible project in Peru. Both countries have nationalized foreign investment and neither can be accused of being "open" or "friendly" to American investors...

Author: By M. DAVID Landau], | Title: The Mail DAS-A RESPONSE | 10/2/1970 | See Source »

...complex," King suggested, is an example of another student problem--"ego identify." King claimed that the Freshman has to re-orient himself among students at least as capable as he, and in doing so is forced to re-evaluate his ideals and ambitions. Contact with members of differing social starta and intellectual ability, King said, also forces the Freshman to reconsider his "social acceptability...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: King Discusses Freshman Year | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

...done itself proud. Despite the fact that "The Teaser" is strangely reminiscent of "Lady Windemere's Fan" and has few new situations we liked it. The plot deals with the arrival in the Wyndham home of Teddy Wyndham's niece, Annie Barton--a girl brought up in a "lower starta", of life than Teddy and his friends. Of course, the girl is quite "impossible" with her "gentleman friend" and her manner of captivating all men with whom she comes in contact. There is a scandal--complications--but in the fourth act the play ends, as most audiences wish...

Author: By H. L., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/19/1921 | See Source »

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