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Stenographers typed in air-conditioned comfort; when they wanted a breather, they strolled into an airy lounge with an outside wall of glass, and sank into deep and comfortable modern chairs. At noon, the 1,200 employees all had a free three-course meal (main course: roast beef) in a spacious cafeteria; afterward, they could stroll along shady paths through 27½ landscaped acres surrounding the building. Off work at 4:15, they could swim in a big (75 ft. by 42 ft.) swimming pool, play tennis on two courts, get a book from the free lending library...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: Something Special | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

...varsity swimmers, undergoing the lull before the liquidation, have a breather with Columbia tonight, a week before the annual sacrifice to Yale. The Lion meet is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the Indoor Athletic Building...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Unbeaten Varsity Swimmers Meet Columbia Today | 3/1/1952 | See Source »

...comes at a particularly unfortunate time, just when the Crimson seemed at last to be out of its long slump. The varsity will still be heavily favored to beat the win-hungry Cadets. But unless Clasby can return--in shape--before the important League games which follow this last breather, the Crimson's championship chances will drop from slim to nonexistent...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Swimmers Face Close Army Meet; Sextet Favored, but Clasby Is Hurt | 2/16/1952 | See Source »

...choral parts for Toscanini's broadcasts of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Verdi's Falstaff, Requiem. But, as he diagnosed himself, "I don't handle the orchestra as well as the singers and I want to find out why." He promised himself a two-year breather to find the answer. Chasing off to Europe, he listened to a few concerts, then bounded back to the U.S., convinced that "I could do a lot more real work sitting on my tail in Scarsdale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Too Much Perfection | 1/21/1952 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the Daily Princetonian and the Daily Dartmouth, who had been doing most of the fighting, were both taking a breather. The Princetonian will run an article today summarizing its complaints, and The Dartmouth yesterday sent the Princetonian a telegram saying it had stated its position and had nothing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth, Princeton Heads Will Confer on Roughing Controversy | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

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