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...oldest and most eminent are the Outerbridges, who date from 1620. They are so distinguished and numerous that a somewhat tired joke describes Bermuda as "a series of islands connected by Outerbridges.'' Not lightly is an Outerbridge expelled from such venerable institutions as the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, the Mid-Ocean Golf Club, the St. George's Dinghy and Sports Club. But last week an Outerbridge was out. The explanation: Alexander Stuart Outerbridge, 34, had married a Negro singer from Broadway...
People of this era found that lines like "I got so tired; I never was so tired in all my life, not even after a month on Charley Brigham's yacht," were really objectionable. An old Advocate editor wrote an irate letter to the CRIMSON, and the CRIMSON itself accused the Advocate of trying to boost its circulation through sensationalism. But the Advocate's defense was a telling one--"Modern art where it treats life demands realism and we contend that realism only ceases to be real art when the emotions it excites are such as we afterwards regret...
...simultaneously subjecting English grammar and Senate rules to multiple fractures last spring, Capmaker Harry Lev left old Washington hands laughing hilariously as he comically told a Senate investigating subcommittee of showering Government procurement officers with gifts of smoked sturgeon, silk dresses and yacht parties (TIME, June 20). This week the subcommittee had the last laugh...
This game will be the first played by a Crimson team on California soil since the varsity football team opened its '49 season with a 44-0 loss to Stanford. Since then, the Yacht Club has twice sailed to second place in the Intercollegiate Dinghy Championships hold in Newport Harbor, Calif...
...personable young prince seemed to have everything in the world that a prince could desire: a beautiful domain, happy subjects, a private zoo, a 200-room palace, a world-famed gambling casino, a 140-ft. yacht, lots of money. If Monaco, his principality, was one of the smallest independent states in the world (it would fit neatly in the middle of New York's La Guardia Airport), there were other compensations. For example, the prince had plenty of titles (16) and a Croix de guerre for his wartime service in the French army. Still, something was lacking: the prince...