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Equinimity. In Hayes, Middlesex, England, an unfortunate horse wandered into a grocery, encountered Mrs. Elsie Chard, who quickly jumped on its neck, forced it to the floor, hung on till the owner arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 5, 1948 | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

Taking just two deep breaths, Army's football-wonders blew down Notre Dame, 48-0. Since second-and third-stringers sufficed for nearly half the game, Army's touchdown twins, Glenn ("Speedster") Davis and Felix ("Blockbuster") Blan-'chard, were still in the market for a good stiff workout. Last week's Scoreboard indicated that they might get one, or even two, in their upcoming games with Pennsylvania and Navy. Penn pricked Columbia's little bubble (32-7) and Navy finally lived up to pre-season raves by walloping Michigan (33-7). Some experts, squinting hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Trouble Ahead? | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

Crawling back to his Canadian infantry outfit after a scouting mission in Italy. Captain Bob Chard blundered into a position held by Greek troops. A sentry challenged. Captain Chard answered in purest fraternity-house Greek: "Delta Upsilon; Phi Kappa Psi." The sentry promptly opened fire and threw a grenade. Chard is recovering in a base hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Greek Meets Strange Greek | 11/20/1944 | See Source »

...Lampoon is about to contribute to the war effort with a War Garden," it was announced last night by Oliver E. Allen '43, Ibis. "The plot of earth between the north wall and the sidewalk, four feet by two inches, is to be utilized for tomatoes, carrots, Swiss chard, and hops...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poonsters Take Up Farming: Lampy Soon to Go to Seed | 6/1/1942 | See Source »

...Chard visited the Philippines as one stop of the East Indies tour he made from 1937 to 1938 after graduating from college. Because he stayed on the island several months and found its peoples friendly he is continually amused to read of the "slaughter caused by bloodthirsty, ferocious looking pagans," there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANTHROPOLOGIST CLAIMS WILD MEN CIVILIZED AS STUDENTS | 12/5/1941 | See Source »

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