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The only talkative contestant in the race to produce a cheaper car was James D. Mooney, bouncing, bustling president of Willys-Overland Motors, Inc. His plans: a six-cylinder model weighing only 2,500 Ibs. (smallest Ford weighs 3,011 Ibs.) with standard wheel base, wide seats, and "gasoline economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Race Is On | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

Twice George ("Old Blood & Guts") Patton had been stripped of his command. The first time was after a public furor in the U.S. over his slapping and abusing a shell-shocked soldier in a Sicilian hospital. (Technically, he remained head of the Seventh Army, but it was a phantom Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - COMMAND: Death & the General | 12/31/1945 | See Source »

¶ TIME'S tall (6 ft.), middle-aged (46), ambidextrous male artist used a tired old ½-inch, previously dipped brush to make the unstenciled sun before X-ing it out in the manner correctly described by Reader Harrington. The idea came suddenly, but was deliberately planned before execution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 17, 1945 | 9/17/1945 | See Source »

Poems submitted must comply with the following rules: the poem or series of poems must be unpublished; they must be sent to "Poetry Contest, Care Department of English, Harvard University"; the contestant must submit the poem under a pseudonym and must enclose his real name and address in a sealed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: International Club Sponsors Student Poetry Competition | 4/3/1945 | See Source »

Following a nip-and-tuck fight for the J.V. spot, Charlie Loring's Freshmen will race as the second boat tomorrow, having won a coin toss from Bill Allen's crew. Both crews finished in a dead heat in Wednesday's time trial which was to decide the contest. The...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crews to Race Tech, Cornell in Triangular Regatta on Charles | 9/22/1944 | See Source »

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