Word: surely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Commencement Day approached, the Class of 1918 renewed its enthusiasm for the war, which seemed to be turning against the Germans. On March 15, President Lowell called a student meeting to discuss wavs to prepare for the peace that seemed sure to come...
...made that summer, but the season was short. In September, when the girls left Grays and the ones from the "Annex" -- Radcliffe -- returned to take their places, Selective service head General Louis Hershey announced that every able-bodied man who passed his twentieth birthday was sure to be drafted. And there were no 2-S deferments then...
...should be grateful to The Poisoned Ivy for two precious anecdotes it has left us: (1) Detectives bust an instructor at Yale. One says: "Christ, look at this psychedelic pad. Look at it, would you?" Another says later: "Christ sakes, you sure as Hell go for this pothead stuff in a big way, don't you? What...
...biggest publishing empire in 1951 and ruled it completely; his personality radiated confidence. At 67, he is a strapping 6 ft. 4 in., weighs over 200 Ibs., and combines a corrosive wit with an air of disdain for all the lesser creatures. Few publishers anywhere would have felt sure enough of themselves to say of their leading paper, as King said of the London Daily Mirror: "You can't publish a paper which appeals to people less educated and less intellectual...
...Wicker, chief of the New York Times's Washington bureau, suggests that the answer is a fatal euphoria. What Kennedy overlooked was the fact that Congress had no intention of carrying out his campaign promises unless forced to by public pressure. To be sure, Kennedy soon won a crucial fight for what realists call "the third house" -the Southern-dominated House Rules Committee, which can stop almost any bill from reaching a floor vote. But as Author Wicker tells it, Kennedy thus learned too well that Government is a matter of "men, not measures." Seeking more support, he wooed...