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...smoke and emerged as one of the richest and most gothic of U.S. universities. A specialist on the 18th century, Lap paced about his platform, waved his arms, laced his lectures with gossipy bulletins about the scandals and scoundrels, the brains and bunglers, of the courts and cabinets of yore. Pretending never to be satisfied ("Well," he would say of the best of papers, "this isn't as bad as it could be"), he was happiest holding forth in his own parlor, laughing squeakily at his own jokes, acting out the great scenes of history (his most impressive performance...
Waiting Game. But such towns as Grand Junction show few signs of booming like the West's gold-mining towns of yore. Since most of the prospecting area is in the public domain, few have cashed in on leases or land sales. On top of that, uranium mining and processing is a hot and dirty job which promises few big bonanzas. "In most eight-hour days," says one prospector, "it just isn't possible to recover enough high-grade ore to pay your expenses. Maybe after you have moved 75 tons of rock your vein peters...
CRIMSON alumni will be greeted with open doors at 14 Plympton Street today, as the present board of editors takes a treasured measure of pleasure in welcoming back those who worked on the Crime in days of yore. And today it is a spot where they can get drinks, song, and small talk on the house...
...Abner into a tree out of Daisy Mae's reach. Another time, after Preacher Sam had completed the $1.25 ceremony (with "hootin' an' hollerin', catch-as-catch-can rasslin' . . . and several embarrassin' jokes told in a loud voice as yo' departs on yore honeymoon"), Li'l Abner was reprieved; his marriage license had expired. But this week the most unthinkable is happening. Man of Honor. As all Al Capp's "slobbering fans" know, Abner is a man of honor. When he joined a club honoring his comic-strip idol Detective Fearless...
Waal sir, an reckin that in yore part of the country, ef'n ya hain't got the gumption to check on whuther a story is true or not, ya jest run an eddytorial saying ya don't believe it. Ah don't know how yer moonshine indestry compares with ourn up here, but ah'd bet we'uns could teach ya a thing or two about jurnyalism-Eddy...