Word: disappear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...living well on pork, chicken, fresh fruit and vegetables from nearby farms, which Castro buys with personally autographed IOUs, payable "when the revolution wins." Operating in platoons of 22 men each, they sleep in the open, and in a different spot every night. They can strike and then disappear into the trees...
...admission of an unusually small freshman class in September will eliminate some of the most congested conditions in the Houses next fall. A few of the double beds will disappear, and a few more students will have private bedrooms. For this privilege they will pay higher room rents. As crowding is further decreased, rents will rise even more precipitously. The cost of maintaining the House is not substantially decreased by reducing its population, but as the number of people who divide the expense diminishes, we will find ourselves paying more for our rooms...
...that Spring is nearly upon us. A conclusion justified by the presence of mud in the Yard. Not just isolated patches, but long rolling, reeking swathes of rich, brown mud. Now there is nothing innately evil about mud, save for the sake of the few dogs and freshmen who disappear with a slow, sinking motion. But after a while the mud dries and green grass begins to grow. Now grass isn't innately evil either, except for its color. The green of the grass in the Yard clashes with the green cement in front of Sever Hall. Green cement...
...only is the gentleman's C beginning to disappear, but to some extent so is the gentleman. "A college education," says Headmaster Edward Hall of the Hill School, "is no longer a hereditary right like a membership in a club. It is a prize to be won against increasingly rigorous competition." Though the child of the old grad may still have a slight advantage, even top private Eastern prep schools can no longer guarantee him a place in the college of his choice. Says Headmaster Hall: "It's kind of hard on the Yale alumnus who develops...
...opportunity for selfdiscipline. This definition has a special application to the areas of wage and price policy in a free economy. Should we persistently fail to discipline ourselves, eventually there will be increasing pressure on Government to redress the failure. By that process freedom will step by step disappear." From the inflation danger, the President went on to a broad survey of plans and hopes for the year ahead. Highlights...