Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...third day in Manhattan she got down to serious shopping. A saleswoman showed Her Majesty around Hammacher Schlemmer and helped her select about $300 worth of gadgets-including bar equipment, a Scrabble game ("I'm just learning to play") and an umbrella-shaped umbrella stand. At Saks Fifth Avenue there was a mob scene as the Queen Mother bought jeweled cashmere sweaters for Queen Elizabeth (size 12) and Princess Margaret (size 10). "I'm afraid I'm buying too much," said the Queen, with a sudden womanly qualm. But then, in an equally womanly way, she comforted...
...University has compiled a long list of false alarms, wasted fire extinguishers, and genuine fires. The most recent hot house was the Calverly blaze which began late one Sunday morning in 1855 to find it clouded March night in 1951. A cigarette got the blame for $65,000 worth of damage. Before the days of the infernal weed, flying sparks and gas fumes were the cause of most of the fires in undergraduate rooms...
Harvad's most picturesque fire occured six years later and one hundred yards away. This was the beautiful 1936 press box blaze in the stadium. Those who watched it say flames could be seen for miles silhouetted against the gray sky. It caused about $15,000 worth of damage to the press box atop the horseshoe...
...spite of his present life, for twenty years the name Hanford was synonymous with Harvard College. Those two decades saw the building and establishment of the Houses which he supervised. They also saw Hanford become the strongest advocate of tutorial and general examinations. Virtually alone, he proved the worth of the National Scholarships...
Beyond the proganda suicide of blocking the Conference and repudiating our promise, we feel it is worth trying for progress in security matters. The most pressing need is for disarmament, and the ever present threat of was may compel a sufficient community of interest to secure it. The Soviet Union has been known to jump on the band-wagon before--especially when it became clear that it would be to its advantage: witness Russia's recent acceptance of the jurisdiction of the World Court in order to gain membership in the International Labor Organization. In addition, it looks...