Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...They cut through solid marble to make his grave, and yet a little tombstone they put above him was from Vermont. They buried him in the heart of a pine forest, and yet the pine coffin was imported from Cincinnati. They buried him within touch of an iron mine, and yet the nails in his coffin and the iron in the shovel that dug his grave were imported from Pittsburgh. They buried him by the side of the best sheep-grazing country on the earth and yet the wool in the coffin bands and the coffin bands themselves were brought...
...grey lady with a touch of foreign accent fed that next line to beds as they became vacant. One nurse serviced every two beds and each was assisted by two nurses' aids. "Lie flat with your head toward this end," said the nurses' aid for my bed, motioning to the outside end. "Loosen your tie, open your collar," she went on, "the nurse will be with you in a minute...
Among this year's speakers will be Senator Paul Douglas, who will speak on the ethics of a lawyer in government and politics, Reginald H. Smith '37, who will deal with the lawyer as a public spirited citizen. Daniel J. Lyne '10, who will touch on trial tactics and justice, and Robert F. Bradford '23, former governor of Massachusetts, who will discuss the ethical problems in the prosecution and defenses of criminals...
...Bunnies built their lead around a championship football team. But they finished no lower than third in any sport (touch football and cross country) and second in soccer...
Dunster, in second place with $20 Straus points, finished first in soccer second in touch and cross country, but could only tie for fourth in football...