Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...celebration would end in the Procesión de los Blancos, when the upper classes would be allowed a brief inning. Till then, business would be slow in Lima. Socialists and Communists, despite their dim. view of all religion, would not molest the procession. But if they tried, the broad-backed brotherhood of litter-carriers would strip off their purple coats and attend to them...
...living, usually hurry from class to class in businesslike silence or earnest conversation. In the 30's the school had a reputation for pacifism and radicalism; now its scholarship and its first-rate basketball teams are its chief glories. The main campus, on St. Nicholas Heights in upper Manhattan, has six be-gargoyled Gothic buildings; but its downtown branch at 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue looks like any big Manhattan office building. Students who don't foregather at the nearby Automat are apt to be found across the street at the George Washington Hotel, which before...
Pessimists believe that ultra-high speed belongs to unmanned, guided missiles. Like the V-2 rockets, they will slam through the danger zone as quickly as possible, and come under radio control on the peaceful upper side...
Trials held Tuesday and Wednesday evenings have resulted in the election of 14 new members to the Debate Council, thus bringing the College's forensic organization up to a membership of 35. Additional trials will be held this evening in the Adams House Upper Common Room...
Herbert Raab '46, chairman of the Harvard Forum, announced last night that candidates trying out for the Forum this year would, if admitted, become immediately eligible for executive positions. The first organization meeting will be held tomorrow night in the Adams House Upper Common room at 7:30 o'clock and will be open to all comers...