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Finally a piece of chalk was placed be tween two slates. When the slates were parted, one of the slates bore the legend "Science vs. Spiritualism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ghostbusting | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

...table, one leg of which was equipped as an aerial, another as a ground. The phenomena were produced by the activation of an electromagnet which attracted pieces of metal cleverly hidden in the performing objects. There was even a small piece of metal concealed in the bit of chalk which did the writing, directed by a telautograph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ghostbusting | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

Toronto swept the ice with its brilliant forward line and stalwart defense and it was due largely to the brilliant playing of S. M. Batchelder '31 that the Crimson was able to chalk up any score against the whirling Canadian combination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD SEXTET FACES TORONTO AGAIN TONIGHT | 1/3/1929 | See Source »

Three big blackboards were set up in the living room. As the sun sank returns began coming in. The Hoover secretaries darted hither and yon with slips of paper, chalk and chalk-erasers, like marker boys in a brokerage office. Mr. Hoover worked with them for a while, then sat in the front row of chairs, smoking a pipe. The buzzing crush of people seemed to bother him. He went into his study. Telephone calls were incessant. He discouraged premature congratulations, wandering between living room and study...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Thirty-First | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

Fifteen minutes later, Palo Alto quoted 251 electoral votes. With great care, they had added New York's 45. Not until 8:43 p. m. (11:43 Eastern time) did they chalk up Tennessee, Wisconsin and Iowa for a total...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Thirty-First | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

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