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...driven by some freakish, martyr-like vision of their cause. They talk as if they're a besieged people." In retrospect, it seems obvious that the girls' wrath far outran their reason, but during those five days, they were real celebrities in the Quad. Refusing at first even to chew gum or take vitamin capsules, the girls found their cheekbones becoming hollow, their eyes glazing; telegrams of support arrived from their families, friends at other colleges, and even from the National Student Association...
...soldiers will get letters in the mail and you'll see them opening the letters and it's completely blank paper inside, which was soaked in LSD. They'll tear off the corner and chew on it. You see a soldier and he'll be soaking the sleeve of his fatigues and then you'll see him chew on it later during drills. He soaked it in an LSD solution...
...always bite off more than we can chew." says Munro about the annual spring training jaunt. "We'll be playing four games in four days against teams that are six weeks ahead of us weather wise and get their pick of the top Long Island and Maryland boys...
This cozy little Aeschylean tangle was just the sort of raw meat that Eugene O'Neill liked to chew on; so he fashioned the plot into his monumental 1931 trilogy Mourning Becomes Electra, set in New England at the end of the Civil War. Now the chiller has come alive again with the premiere of Marvin David Levy's Mourning Becomes Electra at the Metropolitan Opera. It was a cause for rejoicing-and mourning...
...Stranger's Guide to the City of Washington advises: "You will neither chew tobacco in the lady's drawing room nor swallow the warm water contained in the finger bowls." Well that doesn't hardly happen any more. Still, the Woman's National Democratic Club decided that it was time for a new primer for capital hostesses and published Party Diary: Planning Ahead and the "Fete" Accompli, a 100-page guidebook anthologizing social notes and comments from the city's experts. "To be a success in Washington, you need comfortable shoes," advises outdoorsy Interior Secretary...