Word: wasps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard was, of course, one of utter horror. But he had not only alienated the Jewish community. Paradoxically, his actions in the Memorial Church Crisis caused a permanent rift between him and exactly the one constituency he needed to establish a viable control over the university-the old WASP families which hold the balance of power in the university...
...making every effort to remain nonviolent. But our patience is being exhausted, You have been warned. Don't call us WASP. Don't you ever call us WASP...
...happens, the Weismann theater is not the only institution awaiting the wrecking ball. The other is marriage. Sally and her glib, skirt-chasing husband Buddy (Gene Nelson) have become pathetic caricatures of the Andy Hardy couple they once were?naivete swallowed by facts. Phyllis and her acrid WASP's-nest of a husband Ben (John McMartin) are glamour gone dry, a wasteland with wedding rings...
...portray our defensive organizations as fronts for "La Cosa Nostra" but ignore "La Causa Nostra" (Our Cause). We are sick of being discriminated against, stigmatized, degraded and oppressed in this country, sick of being called Mafiosi, greasers, dumb dagos, guineas and wops. We will not be scapegoats of the WASP gangster establishment, which sees a cure-all for Yankee problems in the persecution of Italian-Americans...
Though bee and wasp stings are little more than a brief, painful annoyance to most people, they occasionally produce violent-even fatal-reactions in those who are allergic to insect venom. Severe sudden respiratory impairment and circulatory collapse are among the possible consequences. Victims must have prompt treatment to minimize their reactions. Even better, says Dr. Mary Loveless, a semiretired member of the Cornell Medical School faculty, those reactions may now be prevented. During the past two decade,,Dr. Loveless told the biological societies, she has treated more than 200 patients who are allergic to wasp bites by injecting them...