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With the initiation of the House system in 1931, Taylor was appointed first to the Lowell staff, then to Adams House, where the remained till 1955. In 1934 he became an associate professor and also "spent a very pleasant half-year" as acting master of Adams. He gained his full professorship...
...chirped: "Please fasten your seat belts and extinguish your cigarettes. We are arriving in Tunis." A moment later she called out the routine "Please do not move till the plane is completely stopped," then disappeared into the pilot's compartment. Tommy gun-toting gendarmes pried open the plane's back door, poured into the cabin while the passengers were still tied down in their safety belts. Ben Bella said: "All right, we're coming out." One by one the passengers, hands high, got down to the tarmac and were taken away. Shouted Ben Bella: "This...
...question are the sons of some middle-class families in a small city in Italy. In body they are full-grown males, but at heart they are just big bambini. Though finished with school, they cannot quite bring themselves to take jobs. Supported by indulgent families, they sleep till noon, spend the rest of the day at the poolroom or on the beach, talking about girls they seldom get or wishing they were somewhere far away. Sometimes, there is nothing to do but mambo along the sidewalk, or just grow sideburns. At night they get drunk on money cadged from...
...choked to a stop. With both outboard engines out of commission, Captain Ogg knew for certain now that he could not make the 1,000 miles to San Francisco-that he would have to ditch. Rather than dump gas and risk a night landing, he decided to wait till daylight and let the plane exhaust its heavy fuel load. He so notified the Coast Guard weather-watch cutter, Pontchartrain, some comfortable ten miles to the west. Pontchartrain's skipper, Commander William K. Earle, radioed the best course (330°) for ditching into the running swell, and the time...
Discussion proceeded, as motions to close debate lost repeatedly. One tall member protested, "Four more long-winded members and we wouldn't get out till midnight...