Word: clapper
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Nassau Hall, where the sophomores overwhelmed the freshmen. The Daily Princetonian listed six freshmen who were subsequently treated for injuries. Other class spirit activities described by the Princetonian this fall included the shaving of the heads of five freshmen, a series of thefts involving a hired airplane and the clapper to the Nassau hall bell, and the annual Cane Spree, which promptly initiated another riot...
...Judge Goddard: "... a magnificent old American bald eagle with two white nests of hair sprouting from long ears, curving quizzical eyes, an imperial hook of nose, and a huge clapper of a mouth...
...Jack Steele, 35, of the New York Herald Tribune, the Raymond Clapper memorial award, for contributing to "public enlightenment and a sound democracy." Stories by Steele started the congressional investigation of the "five-percenters" (TIME, July 4 et seq.). Said President Truman, whose aide, Major General Harry Vaughan, was one of those investigated: "Congratulations, Jack. I like good reporting, no matter what it says...