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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Twitchedy, twatchedy, flippedy, flappedy, flong your own thong tong, snickety poo. Griff, graff, gobble, gobble, ghrrr, gar, gorrr, goo goo goo. Wap, wap, flaptrap, wonk wonk weee. Zap, zap, backtrack, zonk zonk zeee. Wish I may, wish I might have the wish I wish tonight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Memento Morey | 11/20/1965 | See Source »

...might ask, is the prize seeker like the wonk? Both, the answer is, are likely to be found in the library. The William Scott Ferguson Prize of books goes to the writer of the outstanding History essay written in sophomore tutorial. The Dante prize gives $100 to a graduate student writing on the life or work of Dante. But the rewards of practical labor are meager. The now-defunct Hon. Robert Treat Paine Prize rewarded the best original investigation plus "practical conclusions" of some form of charity work. However, an essay on "The Special Phase of the Labor Question" could...

Author: By Nancy Moran, | Title: How to Become Fabulously Rich: Study Soil Mechanics | 3/17/1965 | See Source »

Winthrop may choose to keep WHBS standing for Winthrop House Broadcasting System--as their new call letters, or may select one of the many suggestions, such as WJOX, WONK, WLSD, or WHMP, being offered by hangers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop House Acquires WHBS From B-School | 3/3/1965 | See Source »

...Caveat Wonk...

Author: By A. DOUGLAS Matthews, | Title: Med School Admission: Pitfalls and Myths | 2/3/1965 | See Source »

Exactly what the term "wonk" signifies, of course varies with who uses the word; it can denote anything from all those who got a better grade on the last hour exam than the speaker to a bonafide anal compulsive bookworm. Generally speaking, the term applies to a sort of drab toiler of limited cosmic vision, whose main concern in life is his academic grade average...

Author: By A. DOUGLAS Matthews, | Title: Med School Admission: Pitfalls and Myths | 2/3/1965 | See Source »

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