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...adamant, eleventh-hour decision, the Student Council last night voted overwhelmingly to cancel distribution of a poll that would have given University students the opportunity to accept or reject a voluntary food rationing program at Harvard. The poll was to be taken today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Vetoes Conservation Poll; Members Disapprove Plaque Plan | 11/13/1947 | See Source »

...next day, as his personal contribution to the food-saving program, he announced that he would cancel the five customary state dinners at the White House this winter. When asked by a group of editorial writers whether the U.S. would get any credit for its foreign-aid efforts, he replied: "We're not doing this for credit. We are doing this because it's right and necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: I Know the Troubles... | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

...U.S.S.R. does things) had a singing date yanked out from under him by the Board of Education, which suddenly changed its mind about letting him sing in a local high school. Communist-liner Robeson's sponsors went to court, hoped to force the board to cancel its cancellation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 5, 1947 | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

...First, he called Moffett's accusations of overcharging the Navy "absolutely false." Then Rodgers threw a Sunday punch. Moffett, he implied, was firing off his charges because he was trying to get control of Arabian oil himself. A year ago, Moffett had tried to persuade Ibn Saud to cancel Aramco's concession, give it to Moffett & friends. If Ibn Saud did, Moffett promised to double his royalties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: The Smell of Scandal? | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

Despite rain and a muddy field which managed to cancel two scheduled intramural softball games, Winthrop House downed Adams in a smoothly fought baseball game, 4 to 2. Hits were sparse for both teams as pitchers, showing good control, received steady support in the field. The Eliot-Dunster and Leverett-Dudley games were both washed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop Beats Adams, 4-2 | 4/26/1947 | See Source »

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