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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...course, they're used to that kind of prejudice, which is as old as the beginning of the college. First there was Harvardian scorn of the facultyless, unendowed school, but the idea that has stuck longest is the continual refusal of Harvard students to admit that a Radcliffe girl is really feminine. The idea seems mainly to rise from the fact that the girls sometimes wear glasses, often wear saddle shoes, and are usually in earnest. Perhaps Radcliffe has more than its share of seriously interested students; it was founded for the sole purpose of giving women a Harvard education...

Author: By Armand SCHWAB Jr., | Title: All About Radcliffe: It Ain't Necessarily So | 12/15/1942 | See Source »

Good, grey Cordell Hull, who put into effect the Good Neighbor policy, would be the first to admit that this new policy was one of frank expediency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Expediency | 12/14/1942 | See Source »

...admit that we stabbed France in the back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Third Front | 12/14/1942 | See Source »

Coupon number five in the H.A.A.'s little book will admit all students who brave the cold winds and trek to the Skating Club, located on Soldiers Field Road...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Varsity Hoopsters Face Brown; Pucksters Meet Underdog Tech | 12/9/1942 | See Source »

...song writer in America. Put aside for a moment the marvelous memories of the spirit of "This is the Army," put aside the personalities of Crosby and Astaire, and run over all two dozen of the songs from these shows. If you can remember more than six, you must admit than the add up to a poor total...

Author: By Eugene Benyas, | Title: SWING | 12/1/1942 | See Source »

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