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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bobo's mother and stepfather, who were unable to attend the ceremony because they were making a batch of Lithuanian cheese on their Indiana farm, both announced that they were happy. Rockefeller's mother and father, who were vacationing in Tucson, Ariz., said they were happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Bride Wore Pink | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

...first batch of year-end earnings reports came out last week, many a businessman began to worry about profits. It was not that they were too low. The question was: Were they-at least in some companies-going to turn out to be too high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EARNINGS: Too Much? | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

...Drain Trouble." At a recent house party in Gloucestershire, one guest drove up with a load of hay, another with a batch of butter. One Manchester builder always carries drainpipes in the back of his car and wears overalls over his natty $75 suit. Officially, he is always on his way to or from "drain trouble." An enterprising publican near Birmingham bought a hayrick, stuck it in a nearby field, and advertised it "for sale." Farmers could drive to the field to inspect the hayrick and, incidentally, drop into the pub for a pint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: How Basic Is Basic? | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

Carnahan ordered a second printing in include Applegate and Duane, but a printer's error included a large number of the old ballots in the new batch. Seventy-three of these were distributed before the error was caught

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Non-Existent Candidate Snafus Smoker Committee Election | 12/18/1947 | See Source »

...Varsity starting lineup; Batch-elder, g; Scully, lf; Burrowes, fr; Mavor (capt.), rh; Ogden, ch; Louria, lh; Heisler, ro; Potter, ri; Estin, cf; Chun, li; Dawson, lo. Substitutes; Spivak, Blanco, and Aguirre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Team Edges Engineers, 2-1 | 10/30/1947 | See Source »

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