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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...recent survey along the assigned reading shelves of Widener showed literary works preserving pristine white margins. But Economic writings from Adam Smith to Vladimir Ilich Ulianov (Lenin) are salted with such witticisms as "you're crazy," and "tell it to Uncle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Widener Grinds Forth Massive Marginal Notes | 10/16/1947 | See Source »

They ran into a mud wall with the play they had chosen--Gerhardi's "I Was a King in Babylon." The Dramatic Club didn't exactly tear down the goal-posts with its fig-leaved presentation of "Adam the Creator," either, but the competition hadn't really begun in those early days--the two groups even offered each other helpful hints from time to time. It wasn't until the heady aroma of "Saint Joan" began to fill the local columns and airwaves that the HD worries began...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From the Pit | 10/9/1947 | See Source »

...scheduled released by Dolph Samborski, director of intramural athletics, finds eight of the nine league teams swinging into action this week. Adam's Gold Coasters will open the festivities at 4 o'clock this afternoon when they take the field against the Dunster House eleven. At the same time on a neighboring plot, the Commuters from Dudley will clash with the Eliot House Mastodons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Teams Clash Today as Intramural Football Begins | 10/8/1947 | See Source »

With the opening game slated for October 8, Samborski released the names of eight of his nine coaches and promised that the last will be named in the near future. The mentors already announced were Charley Mains, B.U.; Adam Elcewicz, Fordham; Frank Frisoli, Harvard; Thomas Curtin, B.C.; John Lindberg, Carnegie Tech; Dave Palmer, Hobart; Bill Newstetter, Pitt; and Dick Van Deusen, Williams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First House Grid Drills Attract 110 Willing Aspirants | 9/25/1947 | See Source »

...makes a profit, there is some disagreement. Together with the new Los Angeles salon, it will gross about $1,000,000 this year, said Sophie, and "make plenty of money." But in the incredibly expensive business of custom-made women's clothes, a profit is an elusive thing. Adam Gimbel won't say whether the salon will make one. However, Saks will net some $900,000 on Sophie Originals. Though Adam occasionally winces at Sophie's extravagant way of using $40-a-yard material (she keeps nearly $1,000,000 in materials on hand), he is exceedingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: Counter-Revolution | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

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