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...rid of your Communist President and football coach and turn into an American college and maybe you can do something so the Alumni don't have to apologize for or be ashamed of it.... Yours without respect, R. H. Goodell '02 --CRIMSON, December...
...opening of the Dusseldorf show, Thompson himself scarcely glanced at the treasures that he was seeing together for the last time. In fact he seemed delighted to get rid of them. Some observers speculated that this might be his revenge on his home town. Thompson himself said: "I want to enjoy once more the pleasure of bare walls waiting for new pictures...
Recoining the Franc. Thus far Treasury officials have been happy to get rid of all the silver they can. They are not worried by London fears that the U.S. will run out of silver in the next few years. The U.S. still has 122 million oz. in its free silver vaults-over and above its vast monetary reserves. Although the mint dips into the free silver stocks for some 40 million oz. for new coins each year, the Treasury can always stop selling silver if its stocks drop dangerously low. The Treasury argues that special circumstances have recently affected both...
...have to be made in her new husband's life. Norwegian Shipowner Niels Onstad, 51, had been collecting modern paintings for 25 years, and the walls of his Manhattan apartment were covered with them. "If I am going to move in here, you'll have to get rid of these ghastly paintings," said Sonja. "You'll get used to them," answered Onstad patiently. Now Sonja Henie is not only used to modern painting but one of its leading enthusiasts...
...date on the U.S. . . . We are dealing with a highly sophisticated people, and it's time we got rid of our folk-image of the American as a boob from Hicksville with a cigar in his face, a camera round his neck, and a roll of dollars to buy culture with...