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After 23 days, the second monkey was as placid and healthy as ever, but the decision maker died-of ulcers. The Morrises charitably refrain from pointing out the obvious moral, which is not that man's nearest neighbor is smart enough to get ulcers, but that the ape's nearest neighbor is dumb enough to inflict them...
Secretary-General U Thant appealed to Hanoi to refrain from escalating the war by staging the trials...
While inside the club, located above J. August, the members address each other as "Brother" this and "Brother" that and refrain religiously from discussing politics. They are instructed to look outside only through a mirror above the J. August sign, placed in such a way that a club member may view the pedestrian life on Mass. live without rising from his over suffered seat...
...fifties dared to state that clubs were not influential in undergraduate life, and the report brought scores of angry letters from outraged alumni. The error has not been repeated.'While inside the club, located above J. August, the members address each other as 'Brother' this and 'Brother' that and refrain religiously from discussing politics. They are instructed to look outside only through a mirror above the J. August sign, placed in such a way that a club member may view the pedestrian life on Mass. Ave. without rising from his overstuffed seats...
...himmlische Leben," and George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra recreate the Teutonic paradise. Judith Raskin, who sings the three soprano solos, sounds warm and free, yet her precise technique never allows a hint of bombast. "St. Cecilia with all her relatives are the excellent court musicians," goes the final refrain of the song, and the Cleveland and Miss Raskin could not be better described...