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...with hot water from a thermos. Unlike Nick, who has a dark, leathery complexion, Scalise is of a lighter cast, his wispy blonde hair framing a bright-eyed face that jerks about when addressed. He passes the gourd to Pablo Botero ’09, and like some religious victual, the pungent beverage slowly makes its rounds among the three. “Nothing illegal,” Snow assures upon surfacing from a deep sip through the steel straw...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grabbing the Reins | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...owners say they are satisfied with their current hours. While students may blame Cambridge regulations for curtailing businesses’ hours, these owners say that there are other factors at work.LICENSE TO OPENIn order for any restaurant to open in Cambridge, it first has to apply for a Common Victual license from the Cambridge License Commission (CLC).CLC Executive Officer Elizabeth Y. Lint says that as long as the CLC finds there is a need for a certain type of restaurant and approves its hours of operation, as well as the manager, a license is granted.Lint says there...

Author: By Benjamin L. Weintraub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Square Seeks A Later Bedtime | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

...jock (never mind the fact that the former Chair was an E.P.S. major) anxious to forge his political career to the senate as soon as possible. The typical UC representative is according to Michael Grunwald's Oct. 18 opinion piece, a power-hungry student just looking for some piquant victual to place on his c.v. Members fitting this description are the ones most likely to resign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The UC: Trying to Make Harvard a Better Place for Students | 10/23/1991 | See Source »

...suggests that this goes back to Japan's origins, the Japs being a nation of "island-hoppers" who surged up from the south and established "beachheads" on what is now called Japan. In 1592, Hideyoshi, founder of the navy, used his ships to land troops in Korea, to victual their beachheads. In 1904-05, Togo aimed to reinforce the Jap beachhead in Manchuria; his brilliant destruction of the Russian fleet was incidental to the main strategy. Similarly, in 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor by naval aircraft and a few midget submarines was incidental to the main blows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Knock at the Door | 10/18/1943 | See Source »

...report that the horses stabled near the Stadium are soon to be "liquidated has engendered a good deal of anticipation and watchfulness on the part of the Cowie gastronomes. Perhaps current OWI publicity will break down their traditional resistance to Dobbin as a victual. It's significant to note, however, that the Provisions course does not indicate the quantity of hoss meat to be stowed for an indefinite cruise, for 100 men, implying that this commodity still lacks official Navy sanction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHAFF | 4/16/1943 | See Source »

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