Word: felling
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...darkness fell, so did the rain...
...neophyte" was required to stay in a mentor's room for the week, speak only to him and run everywhere. "The weather was cold, wet and slippery, and as there were no boardwalks in the Yard, I often got into water over the tops of my shoes, slipped and fell, sometimes pushed over by my classmates, who hooted at me without my being able to reply or do anything to help myself," he wrote. Every night he had to work on a variety of tasks outlined in a letter he received at the beginning of the run. His assignments were...
...much of a privilege. Consumption of alcohol has played a fairly large role in the club's life. An early constitution of the club included a stipulation on alcohol use: "No alcoholic drinks except Malt Liquor shall be allowed in the Club House." This rule soon fell out of favor as the second floor of the current building became a full-time bar. By the mid 1970s, the drink of choice was the whiskey sour, so at the beginning of each night the bartender would set out about 50 glasses--with appropriate garnishes--over the entire bar and spend...
...parents to kick in $5,000 or $10,000. With this financial boost, the theatricals went back in the black. The 1970s also saw a resurgence of interest in the club. "The dining room was always crowded, the bar was always full," Swistel said. "But," he adds, "it all fell apart after we left...
...U.C.L.A, the numbers fell from 2,121 in 1997 to 1,554 this year, a decline of almost 27 percent...