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...traditionally weak Tech sqquad has bowed to Stevens Tech, a team the Crimson routed, and was outclassed, 13 to 1, by Dartmouth. The only Beaver victory was at the expense of the Boston Lacrosse Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Team Faces Weak M.I.T. Squad Today at Tech | 5/2/1951 | See Source »

...honor guard of Belgian troops smartly presented arms on the dock one day last week as the Canadian freighter Beaver-brae nosed into Antwerp's harbor. In the ship were the last of 170 artillery pieces, 23,000 machine guns and rifles, and 2,500 tons of ammunition shipped from Montreal to equip a Belgian infantry division...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Pledged & Delivered | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

...Titan," the absorbing story of Michelangelo, and "Beaver Valley," the fascinating tale of an anonymous animal kingdom, are also featured at the Beacon Hill. The marquee boasts that all three films are Academy Award winners. And all three speak well for the value of the award itself...

Author: By Thomas C. Wheeler, | Title: The Moviegoer | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

Inexhaustible President Auriol, 66, was still working like a beaver. He laid two palm fronds below two tablets at the French Line pier, hustled into the new U.N. building, was cheered, hustled back to the Waldorf, and gave a reception for 2,000 people of New York's French colony. That night, hoarse but willing, he spoke at another banquet, and again as throughout his stay, managed to say just the right thing, even after it was translated from the French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Manhattan Merry-Go-Round | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

...little advertised in Ireland. But last week Dubliners were surprised to see the famous slogan-"Guinness Is Good for You"*-plastered on Dublin's buses. The ads, said Guinness & Co., were not for Irish eyes, but for the benefit of tourists. "After all," explained Managing Director Sir Hugh Beaver, "if you went to Mecca, you'd expect to see some quotations from the Koran." But the ads baffled Dubliners. Said one: "Next, somebody will be telling us we should eat spuds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEVERAGES: Bitter Brew | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

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