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...think, 'tis long since first these wars begun...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO CRIME | 10/11/1961 | See Source »

...night now with the assurance that we will be safe and secure, as our "former" enemies, now conquered, would surely never attack a land with such a charmante beauty at its helm. Bouffant hairdos! Pillbox hats! Bah! 'Tis a sad state of affairs indeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 16, 1961 | 6/16/1961 | See Source »

...Tis a vain and impotent thing to bewail the dead, the Greek poet Stesichorus once admonished his readers. And no doubt it is; but perhaps some of that fabled $87 million still remains. And if it does, there may be some hope for a raising of the dead. Ah, gentlemen, make the most of what you may yet spend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: That's No Joke | 3/30/1961 | See Source »

...Tis the time of year when air is in the football, and when, on the College intramural level, Dunster House starts to take over...

Author: By James R. Ullyot, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 10/11/1960 | See Source »

...entertainment always had priority on instruction. None of the humor would draw a belly laugh today, though it was probably uproarious at the time; e.g., "We are informed that one Piles a Fidler, with his Wife, were overset in a Canoo near Newtown Creek. The good Man, 'tis said, prudently secur'd his Fiddle, and let his Wife go to the Bottom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: American Sage | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

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