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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Harvard," says the World Almanac, "has the largest university library in the world." The 325 commuters who daily make Dudley Hall their center of collegiate operations can only snicker. The Center does boast a room, hypocritically called a library, which houses in its one bookcase a dozen or so catalogues of various graduate schools. But no books, just a dictionary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pilgrim's Problem | 3/12/1948 | See Source »

...hours more pleasant, but they will still be enmeshed in the red-tape of late release hours for books they need. A special card for far-travelling Metro-riders would only reverse the problem, the Dudleyites disappearing with scarce texts early in the day. But a library in the Center itself, especially adapted to the needs of the members, would cure many a local round shoulder. And you can get awfully sick of reading catalogues...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pilgrim's Problem | 3/12/1948 | See Source »

Today's Council agenda includes two issues related to the AYD. Part of the discussion will probably center on the question of chartering temporary election-year groups. Possibly shelved for later discussion will be the debate on closer investigation of the loyalties of the clubs' petition-signers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Council Ballots Today On AYD Charter Permission | 3/11/1948 | See Source »

Eliot's quintet scrambled to a 31 to 27 victory over Winthrop yesterday afternoon to leave the Puritans only one more chance to tie for the league, load. Elephant center Bob Crichton tallied ten points as the game's high-scorer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot 31, Winthrop 27 | 3/11/1948 | See Source »

Cash-Paying Dealers. The squeeze was also on in medium-and low-priced models. On Detroit's Livernois Avenue, used car center of the U.S., almost all makes of '47 cars were tagged at less than their original price.* In depressing contrast, Kaisers and Frazers (see below) were down $1,000 from list, Oldsmobiles were down $200 below list price, and even Fords, Pontiacs and Plymouths were selling slightly below list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Amber Light | 3/8/1948 | See Source »

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