Word: taverner
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...tavern keeper is convinced that white and colored persons cannot sit side-by-side in a barroom without running amok, let him learn that his patrons do not share this feeling. Let him learn that sound business practices do not run counter to the type of idealism that gathers all races together in a Harvard classroom, on a Harvard athletic field, and in a Harvard House. If he is worried about fights, let him learn that the real fight comes not when students sit down to drink, but when a student cannot feel the freedom of joining his friends...
...this action has been complicated by the legal fiction of private status that the Club 100 has resorted to in defense. The private social club has every right to choose its members selectively, using any criterion it sees fit. But the abuse of this right by a patently commercial tavern, operating quite openly for private profit and not for the social benefit of any select few who gather there, must not be mistaken for a legal or moral case. While Harvard students and all comers receive the mantle of membership at the door of the organization, an fulfill the other...
...Remembrance. In Oakland, Calif., a tavern prowler plunged through a rosemary hedge and eluded his pursuers, was collared two blocks away when a cop sniffed the rosemary scent on his clothes...
...lieutenant assigned a detective to go the rounds and testify to the legitimacy of Joe's unbelievable errand. After that, hour after hour, Joe gave away money. "Who wants whiskey?" he called. "Who wants dinner?" He took a hundred men into a tavern, bought them drinks and meals. He led another ragged brigade past Bowery beef-stew joints to a restaurant that served turkey, and then ordered dinners for all. Then, with money gone and hoarse toasts ringing in his ears, he went outside. He sat down on the curb and wept, out of pity...
Duffy's Tavern (Wed. 9 p.m., NBC). Comedian Archie can usually think of something funny even if his 13 gagwriters...