Word: longwood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dinner and what followed were usually the most taxing of rituals. At 5 p.m., everyone assembled in the dining room at Longwood, Napoleon's home, officers in dress uniform, ladies in low-cut gowns. Napoleon bolted his food, and often ate with his hands. After dinner, there were games. If the game was chess, the officers had to stand throughout, and Napoleon almost invariably lost unless the other player sycophantically threw the game. At other times, Napoleon read aloud from Racine, Corneille and Moliere. Sometimes he held the little band spellbound with accounts of his great campaigns. After...
...better suited to present the public image of trust and integrity fostered by the funds than Dwight Robinson. He is the very model of a Proper Bostonian, from his steel-rimmed spectacles and dark, conservative suits-he always wears a vest in the office -to his clubs (Union, Longwood Cricket) and his finely polished sense of discretion...
While the bewildered Shenefield shambled back to the mound after watching the 22nd run tallied, Longwood speedster Fred Byron raced to the plate with the record-breaking 23rd score...
...building program is the second major reconstruction work at the School since its present buildings were dedicated in 1906. In 1954, the remodeling of another building in the School's Longwood Quadrangle added two new floors to the research and teaching area...
...addition, a small number of PBH volunteers will work with the 30 mentally disturbed children expected to live in the Center's new building on Longwood Ave. Constructed through a $1.5 million grant from the Manville Foundation, the building will also house a school for students with learning problems...