Word: turning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Administration upon its head. An apology to Mr. Harkness was demanded, and the 'Poonies, moaning that no one understood them, grudgingly gave it. Later, it was reported that the University was so angered by this issue that they were planning to take up the Lampoon's mortgage and turn its great baronial hall into a dining room for one of the Houses. Nothing came of this, however...
...have just read the May 20 review of The Turn of the Tide by "Arthur Bryant. You say that the book "has already sold 70,000 copies in England." The sale of the English edition passed the 100,000 mark before the end of March...
Like Humphrey, Bob Anderson is a solid businessman-and 20 years younger. Like Humphrey, he is a good man to turn to in moments of crisis. But Anderson also has a firsthand knowledge not only of the U.S.'s defenses but of the perils and opportunities of cold war; e.g., last summer President Eisenhower secretly sent Anderson to the Middle East to pave the way for King Saud's U.S. visit, which in turn paid massive premiums during the recent Jordanian crisis...
...health as an excuse, Playwright Galvão himself refused to come out of jail to face trial on the new charges, and the polite dictatorship of Antonio Salazar seemed more than willing to gratify his whims. Last week, apparently preferring martyrdom to a third act which might not turn out the way he wanted, Scripter Galvão dismissed his defense counsel on the grounds that it was impossible to get a fair trial and so he needed no lawyers: he would stay where...
Faulkner had never before settled at a college and spoken his mind. At first, neither he nor the university knew how the experiment in communication would turn out. Students were warned not to intrude on his personal life or ask for autographs. The prospect of facing a roomful of students terrified Faulkner...