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Word: vassar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Three cheers for Whestland!" Meanwhile the local officer of the law--clearly the big man in town--was strolling around as everybody said hello Bill, he being an uncle or cousin to most of them. The Scruggs Revue was definitely the high point of the evening. They were using Vassar Ciements then, and were restricted to pretty straight bluegrass, and the wheatlanders impressed upon them to do "Salty Dog" twice. I wonder if they remember this concert. Since than the two main one, Randy and Gary (State is a minor member, have reached maturity. They could play and sing like...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: Rock | 8/1/1975 | See Source »

...head of a lion and the body of a lion, though not the same lion." "The Whore of Mensa" wittily plays with the idea of a brothel for intellectual entertainment. The madam has a master's degree in comparative literature; for a price, a curvaceous Vassar student can be had for an hour's chat about Herman Melville; "symbolism is extra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Baying Through Russia | 6/30/1975 | See Source »

Boston University, Temple, Vassar, the University of Vermont, Brown: the list of schools that have acknowledged problems with grade inflation is enormous...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Grade Inflation--Life Without Ds | 5/14/1975 | See Source »

Nothing has been revealed about Chief Justice Vassar B. Carlton's sudden resignation in January 1974, though he was then under investigation by the state's judicial qualifications committee. A second resignation involves a proposed opinion in a utilities case; the opinion was prepared by one of the companies' lawyers. Justice Joseph Boyd says that the draft opinion just turned up in his house after a visit by the lawyer. A copy also went to Justice Hal P. Dekle, who used it in writing a preliminary majority opinion that favored the utilities; the opinion was never issued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Appearance of Evil | 5/12/1975 | See Source »

...Radcliffe doubles team of Lissa Muscatine and Denise Thal was ceeded second in last weekend's Seven Sisters (and Ivy) Tournament held at Vassar, making it look like a repeat of last year's tournament, which ended with a showdown with Princeton's number one team in the finals...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Radcliffe Tennis Team Finishes Third | 5/6/1975 | See Source »

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