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Fred: "Oh, yes. Very pleasant while it lasted. I dreamt you paid the ten dollars you owe...

Author: By S. A. Karnow, | Title: Circling the Square | 1/30/1948 | See Source »

...applicants still owe all or part of the 84 cost of the Red Book, however, they must pay the full price before receiving their copy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Long Expectancy Pays As '50 Red Book Goes On Sale After Vacation | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

...argue, would offend too many people. They feel it is their duty to the community to arrange that women not be seen entering the Houses at night, and that is their duty to the students to teach them the mores of our society. They feel, in addition, that they owe it to the University not to jeopardize Harvard's name by an action they believe would violate the moral code of the community...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Parietal Misrule | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

...Well, sir," said the villager. "It's mortgaged, see. An' I can't afford to pay no more on it." "How much do you owe?" asked Cripps. "?400." "Well, suppose I gave you ?500?" Old Joe jumped at the chance, but his face fell when he heard Cripps's conditions. For Cripps added that he would pay Joe the extra ?100 at the rate of ?1 a week. " 'E knew," explained a villager, "Old Joe would only blue the lot if 'e 'ad it all at once-so 'e rations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Government by Governess | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

...symphony he picked is really Gillis' sixth, but because it is so short (14 minutes) Gillis decided to call it Symphony 5½. Its four movements-Perpetual Emotion, Spiritual?, Scherzofrenia, Conclusion!-jump from low-down to hoedown, owe more to Gershwin than to Bach. Gillis gave the third movement its punning title "because it can't quite make up its mind whether to go the Haydn-Mozart route...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Humoresque | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

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