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...dies, he waits a second, and then yawns a fine Ed Sullivan "Ho-o-okay. . ." A sudden thought-either his or a guest's-will launch him into an imitation of Jona than Winters imitating an old granny. He can spread his eyes wide open into a wow. Semi-emancipated puritan that he is (he was reared a Methodist), he can, when a guest goes off-color, freeze his face into a blank that shows nothing but eyes and innocence. He is performer and critic, rapping out a whole percussion section of effects to suit a funny line...
...banned the teaching of German in 25 states, cheered sweeping federal raids on 60,000 "radicals" in 1920, and even put over Prohibition as a "war measure." In World War II, the Supreme Court itself approved the most drastic invasion of constitutional rights in history-the 1942 "relocation" in semi-concentration camps of 112,000 West Coast Japanese, two-thirds of them U.S. citizens by birth...
Besides Barnes and Kroll, other members of the new executive committee are William Schaeffer '68, vice-president and director of intercollegiate affairs; Barbara Sard '68, director of new programs; and Aida Chang '68, secretary. Andrew M. Gilman '68, and Donald M. Berwick '68 will evaluate and coordinate the semi-autonomous committees of PBH--a function which two vice-presidents performed last year
...vast solitudes of its mountains, rolling plains, winding rivers and lush, tropical rain forests, it contains the world's largest hydroelectric potential, one-seventh of the world's iron-ore reserves, 16% of its timber and an incalculable wealth of gold, silver, diamonds and other minerals and semi precious stones...
Captain Sarah Smith has led the Zorroesses with a graceful and clean style. At first hesitant to press her point, she attacked well last Sunday, outthinking as well as outfencing her opponents. Miss Smith was a semi-finalist at the Rhode Island Individual championships last month...