Word: sundays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pressure of examinations grows more and more oppressive, many of the oppressed may be tempted to seek relief by quietly gathering seaweed. They had better confine their activities to weekdays; Massachusetts courts have held that seaweed-gathering on Sunday is punishable by a fine...
Curley is justly proud of his cool, poised platform manner. He chaired meetings with a splendid mixture of dignity, trickery and bogus erudition. Once he presided over a Sunday evening meeting when an opposition member asked for an Australian (i.e., secret) ballot. Recalls Curley: "I pounded my gavel. 'The gentleman.' I said, 'is out of order. It may interest him to know that they don't vote on Sundays in Australia...
...Questions? In Crestline, Ohio, the weekly Advocate ran an ad: "For Sale: 22 wheelbarrows, with side boards, 2 steel wheelbarrows, 1 with wood handles . . . No Sunday sales, no sale to minors. Not responsible for accidents. No credit...
There is the possibility that unfavorable weather may postpone this race until Sunday. Crimson coach Joe Brown commented on this factor: "If we have the same high winds that we have had for the past two weeks, I hope we can postpone the race, as this sort of weather often ruins a race rowed over the Henley distance...
...would be hard to imagine a better program than the one played by the Bach Society Orchestra Sunday night. Consisting of Bach and Mozart, with excellent soloists, the concert played to a packed house; the audience was obviously prepared to enjoy itself, and it was not disappointed...