Word: stouts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bingham's attitude towards polofits into the current pattern of such monstrosities as the anti fox-hunting bill, recently introduced and narrowly defeated in England. The stout modern attitude seems to be: since I can't tell a martingale from a halter, I don't see why anyone else should be able to or want to. In our triumphal march towards socialism there are alternatives: lovel everyone down to the common man and play polo. Would anyone care to exchange some old spurs for a pair of sneakers? Black Beauty
...Colonel Bodley's letter re Eton's whipping block [TIME, Jan. 24], there are a few reminders of a visit to Eton . . . The whipping block . . . had the birch rod standing beside it looking like a broom for sweeping garden leaves, but with a very stout handle. My wife said: "That wouldn't hurt much." The reply was "Madam-I would like you to remember there's nothing between the boy and the birch...
...concocted an art exhibition by Mrs. Fitch, for which Jean Cocteau and others forged paintings. The night bearded Monty Woolley opened in Manhattan in The Man Who Came to Dinner, Porter gave a party for him. The host was the last to arrive, and on his arm was a stout, middle-aged lady (recruited from a circus) whose beard was a little longer than the guest of honor...
Harvard Club of Arizona, Tucson, John G. Flint '24, 3213 East Pima ave.; Harvard Club of Atlanta Richard A. Stout '29, 226 Candler Building; Harvard Club of Birmingham, 2619 Crest...
...last line is usually accompanied by giggles and gestures of pawing the floor with one foot. The entire performance, which may be repeated at intervals until 5 p.m. on the 24th, has been known to drive stout-hearted...