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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week, in preparation for Britain's coronation-the greatest genealogical event of United Press the postwar era-Editor Pine was hard at work on a new and more painstaking edition of Burke's Peerage, and Britain's proudest family trees were losing ancestors like autumn leaves. "Sir Bernard Burke," says Editor Pine, "was the greatest genealogist of his time, but he had a keen sense of romance." Where Editor Pine could find no justification for Founder Burke's romancing, he ruthlessly pruned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Pruning Time | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

When it comes to choosing colleges, Olympic swimmers are notorious for their poor discretion. Autumn after autumn foolhardy mermen wander blindly down no New Haven, join the Eli Swimming Team, and live for four years deluded into thinking they are getting the best coaching-education combination possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '56 Swimmer Tells About Olympics | 11/12/1952 | See Source »

Early this autumn, Adolph Samborski '25, Director of Intramural Sports, undertook a careful examination of standings in House sports for the past 17 years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rinehart, Wintergreen Team Meet In First Annual Crimson Bowl Game | 11/11/1952 | See Source »

...today, Wintergreen, the indefatigible presidential candidate who is the people's choice in Cambridge every autumn, gains the solid support of men of Winthrop, Adams, Eliot and Dunster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rinehart, Wintergreen Team Meet In First Annual Crimson Bowl Game | 11/11/1952 | See Source »

Amid the din of election, some 1,600 American communities spread across the 48 states did not forget another autumn campaign: the annual Red Feather drive for charity. Two million volunteers, under the national leadership of Community

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WELFARE: Red Feather | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

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