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...lieutenant was just about to assign Popko to duty in a warehouse when a sergeant rushed in, crying: "They got to have riflemen." Popko thought: "There is the only guy in the world I'd like to shoot." The sergeant won his argument with the lieutenant and got Popko...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEN AT WAR: Destiny's Draftee | 1/1/1951 | See Source »

Cronin has previously announced that he will appoint a University official as deputy Civilian Defense chief in the college. Cronin's plans for the University include calling all students for voluntary service as air raid wardens. He will assign students to the fire, police, medical, and rescue departments. Those not assigned will form a manpower pool which will be drawn upon in the event of an attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Defense Plans Of University Almost Ready | 12/19/1950 | See Source »

...will increase the number of tribunals dealing with amparos, and assign to each court three judges, all individually empowered to hand down fast judgments in amparo matters. The measure is intended to reduce the backlog of cases and insure judgment within a few days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Good While It Lasted | 12/18/1950 | See Source »

...Insofar as she is a Radcliffe girl, she is responsible to this office," Miss Projansky explained. "We'll probably wait a week or so and then assign a new reporter to the Herald...

Author: By John J. Sack, | Title: Radcliffe Watches Over "Good Name" | 12/16/1950 | See Source »

Ente Sila had prepared a list of all peasants eligible for land. Beneficiaries must not own more than ten acres. Expropriated land had been charted according to productive value. Plots had been rearranged to make each nearly equal to the others in productive possibilities. They were to be assigned by the peasants' drawing lots on appointed days. The lot-drawing had won unanimous peasant approval. "Man is imperfect," observed one villager. "Only luck can assign each man the right piece of land. Only fortune can know what is best for each man in the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Bear Must Die | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

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