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Weary students still recuperating from the rigors of the Princeton weekend waited in vain yesterday for the welcome tolling of the Memorial Church bell which usually marks the end of classes...
...creamy bass voice that sounds like nothing so much as a TV announcer making a pitch for a local funeral home. At such moments it is impossible to avoid the impression that the moviemaker, no doubt without intending to, has taken the name of the Lord in vain...
...number of fumbles by both teams made the match a ragged one, although Al Lubetkin of Dudley made runs of 20 and 50 yards in a vain attempt to score again, in the last minutes of the game...
...smirka" said the swarthy costumer. We looked puzzled until his clowning Danish assistant brought fourth tubes of make-up. After a few vain efforts which had to be corrected in the dim light of the wings, we descended once again to the stage, this time feeling more properly a part of the bustling company...
About 60 people have tried to obtain University parking space in vain, and have been placed on a waiting list. Trottenberg was unable to predict what will happen if they fail to get a space. "A few on the list will probably be able to get into the lots," he said, "but we won't know what will be done about the others until after the questionnaires come...