Word: agee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...BARONDES Hollywood, Calif. ' Sir: I nominate, not for Man of the Year but for man of the era, Albert Schweitzer. He has taught us anew that man does indeed live by the spirit, and that we can all live purposeful lives in an age which Spengler, Toynbee and Sorokin have characterized as decadent...
...Resolved . . . Californians, who last November voted the nation's costliest old-ae pensions, last week reconsidered their budget-busting generosity. By a 400,000 majority, they slapped down demagogic George McLain's Citizens' Committee for Old Age Pensions (TIME, Sept. 5) despite support of the plan by politically ambitious Jimmy Roosevelt. The new law will leave pensions at the increased level (average: $70.63 a month) which McLain pushed through a year ago, but will shave $65 million off the $200 million annual cost by boosting the retirement age from 63 back to 65. It will also make...
West Rock, the remainder of the glacier age that stands over New Haven, has been the goal of Crimson mountaineers during recent years. Although the Yalies had been able to stave off attacks by valiant Crimson supporters in the past, 1947 saw a great Harvard victory. A band of students climbed the heights under the cover of darkness and painted a large crimson H on the old stone...
Getting through New Haven's commando-course will be something of a problem, however, for anyone not safely in a bus. The legendary New Haven trolleys have bowed to the modern age, but the streets are still clogged and slow. And taxis are high...
Charles Seymour was born in New Haven on January 1, 1885, which brings him to Yale's retirement age of 65 next year. After graduating from Hillhouse High School (which also gave Yale its football captain, Levi Jackson) in 1901, he received a B.A. from Kings College, Cambridge University, England, in 1904. He then came to Yale for four years, getting his B.A. there...