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Although Briggs declined to give a statement yesterday concerning his "vacation" it is understood that inasmuch as the University in taking over much of his work, he would rather not continue in competition with establishments that do not conform to the University's tutoring standards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tutoring School Quits Business Under Pressure of University | 10/10/1939 | See Source »

...five games. A rookie pitcher must start the ball rolling today and his team must score a run sooner or later. Drastic measures may have to be taken if things start breaking badly. If all fails, Kenesaw Mountain Landis should set up the Western Hemisphere Series and conform to the feeling of the times. Let the damn Yankees keep their title and send the Red Sox against Cincinnati in a snow series...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TANKS OF THE YANKS | 10/7/1939 | See Source »

...judgment will not be too serious because of the arena's small size. But if you wait for a mythical stamp of Harvard to be impressed on you its life will pass you by. This is so because there is no recognizable pattern here, no definite ideal to conform to. Henry Adams, who understood Harvard better than any man in the last century, said that the University left the mind "free from bias and docile," and he considered that an achievement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: To the Freshman | 9/1/1939 | See Source »

Therefore, it must follow that since the hole-in-one was the result of planned deliberation on your part, your failure to get a hole-in-one at any time is necessarily the result of an accident. The ball does not conform with your plans since you struck it in a manner other than that which you intended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Letters, Aug. 21, 1939 | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

Shoulders are vaguely broader. Bosoms conform to high, lifted lines. Everyone agrees on the minute waist line. Full skirts-"the bouncing, double, swing skirt"-are shorter, straight moulded skirts are longer. The steatopygous bustle is definitely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Fashion Notes | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

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