Word: upper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Maintaining a constant stream of cleverly humerous remarks varying from Boston's Ritz Carleton to the foibles of his native upper South, not to be confused, he said, with the deep South, Brown focused his immense historical and literary knowledge on the problem of today's theatre...
Even if a Soviet professor should fail to inspire students' trust in his objectivity, his course would not be absolutely wasted. For, aside from the material he was teaching, the man himself would be intrinsically interesting as a representative of upper levels of Soviet thought...
Lobsters & Kebab. Last week Premier Menderes demonstrated that his heart is still with dams. For the dedication of the big Seyhan power-irrigation dam in southeast Turkey near fertile Adana, and a new bridge across the upper Euphrates, he organized a huge celebration attended by President Celal Bayar, most of Menderes' 469 Democratic Party Deputies, and 5,000 other notables. A carload of fresh lobsters was shipped in from the Bosporus, and 1,200 lambs were slaughtered for a huge kebab feast. Pointedly, the 66 Deputies of the opposition parties boycotted the ceremonies, and Menderes seized the occasion...
...Picture of Kichiji. By taking every title except the ladies' Corbillon Cup, the ladies' doubles (also won by Rumania) and the mixed doubles (won by the U.S.), the Japanese reasserted their dominance of a sport that was once little more than a parlor pastime for upper-class Englishmen. They have been building up their skill ever since Professor Seizo Tsuboi brought the game home from England in 1902. Now, from Hokkaido to Kyushu, every community has its table-tennis center, and it is practically a national game...
...weekend will be held after generals this year, the date should help attract 70 percent of the upper classes, Goldberg added. Informal activities will take place in the Houses Friday night. Dances are planned for Saturday night, and the annual Harvard-Wellesley bike race on Saturday afternoon. The varsity baseball team will play Columbia Saturday, and an interhouse crew race is being considered for the same afternoon...