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...first of the 2,778 illustrations in these volumes shows King Or-Nina with his family, neatly gotten up in the latest Sumerian style of 3,000 B.C., i.e., bare feet and chest, a rather hefty skirt made out of hanks of wool, and a basket fitted snugly on his head. One of the last illustrations shows President Lincoln receiving at the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: To All Appearances | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

...also continued its winning ways by edging a previously undefeated Kirkland squad by two points in an up and down, 31 to 29 game. The score changed almost as often as shots were sunk, but despite heroic efforts by the Deacon's tall center John Lombard, a last minute basket and foul by Fred England clinched the game for the Mastodons...

Author: By Jack Spratte, | Title: Lowell, Eliot Triumph In House Court Loop | 12/17/1948 | See Source »

From Detroit he went on to Des Moines. There he remarked on the largeness of the pears in a basket of fruit, visited Iowa State College, where he gingerly poked a pig. He looked in some astonishment on an "undulating Iowa countryside," which he had expected to be flat, and drank a glass of sherry at a cocktail party of Iowa bigwigs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: No Sitting Down | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...short one point lead, 26-25. Shortly after the Huskies caught fire. Employing its breakaway plays they scored five wishes in a row and when the half-time buzzer sounded they held a 35-26 lead. After the half, Northeastern steadily Granded its lead by firing shorts into the Basket from all over the court. The crimson, meanwhile, unable to crack the Northeastern defense, resorted without access to shots from the outside, and at close of the third period trailed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Quintet Bows To Northeastern In 71-52 Contest | 12/9/1948 | See Source »

Time ran out for the Radcliffe sophomore class in the Annex basketball intramural finals yesterday afternoon, leaving the score at 15 to 13 in favor of the seniors. A last minute basket by Mary Brandt '51 almost threw the game into an overtime period, but the whistle blew first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seniors Beat '51 15-13 in Radcliffe Basketball Finals | 12/9/1948 | See Source »

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