Word: summing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pigs," complained another. "This calls for an extra tip." Eventually, the taxicabs got under way, carrying 16 American girls dressed in flowing silver-grey silk and toting violins, violas, cellos and a string bass; their conductor, Boris Sirpo, and a few assistants. In sum total they were the Little Chamber Orchestra from Portland, Ore., and their destination was the National French Television studio in Rue Cognacq...
...Class of 1930, the minimum goal was $335,000, of which $250,000 will be given to the University as unrestricted funds, and $85,000 will be used to pay for reunion-week expenses. Whatever excess of this sum is raised will be given to the College for scholarship endowments...
Harvard's most sensational fire broke out immediately after vacation that January when a three-alarm blaze completely destroyed the Soldiers Field Licker Building before a crowd of 4,500. The loss meant almost nothing to College athletes, however, since Clarence Dillon '05 had already offered the University a sum large enough to build a new and adequate building. Little attempt was made to determine the cause of the $125,000 fire after Dillon phoned the University the next day and urged that the new structure be started immediately...
There have always been certain Army objections to the plan, the main ones being financial and administrative. It believed that by changing the present program, a much larger sum would be needed than it can presently afford. Also it felt that the plan would be impractical at certain schools which lack Harvard's large staff...
Publicly, McCarthy did not regret the loss of his Shamrock. Said he: "You can always build other hotels." It was not all bombast; actually, the sum that he received was what he thought he needed to put over his newest project and perhaps make another fortune...