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...quorum finally rounded up (after three hours and 40 minutes), The Man Bilbo began speaking again. The Senator, never bothered by the doubts and inhibitions that sometimes assail more sensitive men, blurted happily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Filibuster! | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

With another victory under their belt, the Varsity lacrosse team will assail a strong Eli foe at New Haven on Saturday. So far the Crimson has had a most unsuccessful season with eight losses against two wins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrossemen Strive For Third Win at New Haven Tomorrow | 5/23/1941 | See Source »

...Negro press, all things black are good. Racial papers studiously ignore Negro failings, shout their indignation over real and fancied injustice, assail color discrimination so hard that they help to keep it alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Trouble in Harlem | 7/15/1940 | See Source »

...called out to resuscitate an aggressive little lady rapidly languishing in the midst of the press. Four determined looking Radcliffe girls were badgering a defenseless and bewildered football player into a neutral corner. And Vag doggedly circled the outskirts of the mob, looking for a weak spot to assail. Around him reared the walls of the edifice Mr. Woolworth had built of all the little nickels and times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 2/14/1940 | See Source »

Hitler sneaked into Berlin's Sportspalast to make a speech before a selected Nazi audience-his first since the November Munich bombing. The Führer was tough, but repetitious. About all he did was to sneer at Bible-toting "old Chamberlain" and bitterly assail "M. Daladier." "They wanted war; they shall have war!" shouted the Führer. thus officially ending the distinction between Germany's hostility to Great Britain and her sympathy for Britain's "tool," France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Pep Talks | 2/12/1940 | See Source »

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