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...buildings provide 20 four-man and 64 two-man suites, with a total of 113 single and 82 double bedrooms. John J. Conway, Master of Leverett House, explained that no triples will be included because, "statistically, they are difficult to get rid of, and we already have them in McKinlock...
...future conversion of "doubling-up" is precluded by low ceiling heights, which rule out the possibility of installing bunk beds. Conway said that the room arrangements should "ease the problem of living out, since they "provide a miximum of privacy" and "get rid of the noisy entries...
...There you go," I said, "getting up a grievance. Which is about the worst mistake anyone can make, especially if he has one. Get rid of that sense of justice, or you'll feel sorry for yourself, and then you'll soon be dead ... Go love without the help of anything on earth; and that's real horse meat." "Please don't talk," said the nun, "you're very seriously ill." "Not so seriously as you're well. How don't you enjoy life, mother. I should laugh all round my neck...
Discussing his visit to the Soviet Union last summer, Billington noted that one of the chief aims of leading scientists and technicians "is to get rid of the dreary, somber, Moscovite style of architecture." This is not a mere detail, he explained, but the only way "they can assert the value of human considerations...
...impression remained of a dispirited, drifting Administration. That impression first took real form back in 1957, when Ike hemmed, hawed and refused to crack down on Treasury Secretary George Humphrey's forecasts of a hair-curling depression. It persisted in 1958, when the President delayed for months getting rid of Sherman Adams because "I need him." Again, even while Ike fought wisely and successfully at bringing the U.S. out of recession without pushing the panic button, he failed to dramatize the achievement...