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...devout pipe smoker, Professor Kirsten became dissatisfied with existing pipes. He wanted a pipe which would deliver cool smoke. He did not like filters so he invented the pipe which bears his name-a standard briar bowl mounted on a non-absorbing, easily cleaned duralumin stem. The stem is built large enough to act as a radiator, cooling the smoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Bed, Pipe, Propeller | 8/5/1940 | See Source »

Under the leadership of Malcolm Holmes '28, the orchestra will play at the Harvard Club of Richmond on Saturday evening, March 30; at William and Mary, March 31; at Sweet Briar, April 3; at Arlington Hall Junior College, April 4; and at Beaver College in Philadelphia, April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PIERIAN SODALITY WILL TOUR SCHOOLS OF SOUTH | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

...Pierian's program will include works by both contemporary and classical composers. At Sweet Briar and Beaver joint concerts with the college glee clubs will be held...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PIERIAN SODALITY WILL TOUR SCHOOLS OF SOUTH | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

Among these "herbs," Nazi officials solemnly announced are pansies, wild briar and the leaves of strawberries and blackberries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Honk, Honk, Honk | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...appropriation in hand, the committee hired Lawyer Rhea Whitley, 35, to head its investigating staff. Mr. Whitley, stocky and curly-haired, was in FBI for ten years (1927-37), with a final "nice, easy, restful" hitch in Manhattan. He studied law at Washington & Lee, married a Sweet Briar girl. Un-Americans from Jonesboro, Ark. might get a break from him. He was born there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Grab Bag | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

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