Word: closed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...actual writing of the review itself, because, like all TIME stories, it must be written as close...
...year is speeding to a close, and we look to its going without regrets. It has been an unkind, unhappy year. The old year appropriately ends with drought in our land, but it is nothing like the drought of the spirit from which we have been suffering . . . The forces of disintegration and evil are marshaling for another trial of strength which may not be war, but something even more disastrous for our civilized values and for the human future. Here as well as abroad we should read the signs of the times aright and shake off this malaise...
Comrade Nail. The Dutch have gained the "close cooperation" of Paku Buwono XII, the Susuhunan ("Nail from Which the Universe Is Suspended") of Surakarta. The Susuhunan is a shy little Dutcheducated, sport-loving princeling who meekly permitted himself to be called "Comrade" during the republic. The Dutch would have to find stronger nails on which to peg their rule...
Coach Jack Barnaby got his "close and interesting game" when his varsity let the University Club team win only 11 of the 20 games, while Captain Jim McKittrick and Henry Foster came through to knock over their expectedly tough opponents...
Although the University Club has one-time stars of Brown, Dartmouth, Holy Cross, and MIT in its ranks, it, like the current Crimson varsity, is somewhat obscured by such teams as the Harvard Club and Union Boat Club. As a result, Coach Barnaby expects a "close and interesting" match...