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Spring practice went along pretty well here at Cambridge, and Dick Harlow was able to get a good line on some of his younger men. He was able to boil the squad down to about 40 men so he will probably get off to a quick start next fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTS of the CRIMSON | 6/20/1940 | See Source »

...Berlin the High Command announced that South African harbors are being mined by German naval units. This and The Netherlands' invasion made the Dutch blood of the Boers boil. Even Vaderland, organ of Anglophobe Opposition Leader General James Barry Munnik Hertzog, who was voted out of office when he tried to keep South Africa from declaring war on Germany, last week said of the invasion of The Netherlands: "This great crime will be repaid by history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: We Shall Be Together | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

After the first outburst, the volcano calmed down. But in Mauna Loa's cauldron, Pele's brew continued to boil and bubble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Mauna Loa Erupts | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

...Hang-chow's West Lake proudly to urinate upon the iron statue of a historic traitor named Chin Kuei. In honor of China's newest traitor, Wang Ching-wei, Chinese coolies call the fat-fried crullers they munch for breakfast yu cha-wei (i.e., "May Wei boil in oil in hell!"). Last week a new honor was bestowed on Traitor Wang. Chinese in Chungking started a chain letter respectfully dedicated to him. Each recipient of the letter was asked to kick back one dollar and pass copies of the letter on to eleven friends. Honorable destination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Tale of a Turncoat | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

Simple in essence, but by no means so simple as they sound, Mr. Propter's ideas boil down to this: "Time and craving, craving and time-two aspects of the same thing; and that thing is the raw material of evil." Good, impossible within time, exists only on the animal level and on the level of eternity, of "pure, disinterested consciousness." That level is attained in the loss of wilfulness, of desire, of personality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Time and Craving | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

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