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...dark suit worn with a white French shirt and a four-in-hand tie is the next step down in formality. And this may be the wave of the future. As customs in dressing become more casual, even formal wear manufacturers succumb to popular practices. At a recent formal wear manufacturers' convention, "black tie" was optional, and 90 per cent of the men arrived in dark suits. But dressing formal can be an enjoyable production, and in tradition-bound New England, formal occasions requiring formal dress fortunately still do arise...
Here Shakespeare has pitted Nature against human nature. He has underscored the similarities between the two, between man and animal. The forces of good and evil appear in mortal combat; those of good succumb, but in the process those of evil destroy themselves as well...
This year the Quakers will again succumb docilely to their heartier Puritan brethren. Having lost its two top scorers by graduation, Penn might even be hard-pressed to score when it plays the Crimson at the Business School field today...
...achievement of equal civil rights. It may also mean putting pressure on State governments to hire sheriffs and policemen capable of recognizing that laws apply to members of both races in equal measure. It may mean supervising Justice Department officials to make sure that they don't succumb, in Southern courts, to the prevailing will of Segregationists. These would be strong measures for a Government which has so far been more interested in maintaining a temporary national harmony than in enforcing the laws of the country. Yet the alternative to them is civil violence, involving both Whites and Negroes with...
Forward Brian Thompson provides a main scoring punch for the Quincy team, but it has been well-coordinated team play and tremendous spirit that has been responsible for clinching the House title. In the cold and drizzle of the fall weather, the Quins have been unwilling to succumb to the wet misery that has downed the spirits and the standings of the other Houses...