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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...about time somebody told the House dance committees--in a nice way, of course--that they are engaged in a game of blindman's buff, and that their current policy is as much a source of wonder to the undergraduate body as it is a source of undue profit to the orchestras they employ...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DANCING IN THE RED | 3/24/1939 | See Source »

...cent penalty duty placed on all German imports by the government," continued Galbraith, "shows disapproval of current policies of governing the country much more strongly than would a frantic exchange of 'empty' notes. It injures Germany economically, whereas notes would serve only to make the German Government laugh up its sleeve at the foolishness of the United States...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J. Kenneth Galbraith Applauds United States' Economic Censure of Germany | 3/23/1939 | See Source »

...current issue of the Harvard Progressive is by all odds the best of the three thus far published. Pessimists who wondered whether the youngest of the University publications was not a still-born infant should take heart at the reviving slaps so jovially administered by certain members of the faculty in the "Economics Department Replies...

Author: By David Worcester, | Title: On the Shelf | 3/22/1939 | See Source »

...lightest powerplant of its size in the world (1.28 pounds per h.p.), weighs some 200 pounds less than European engines of the same design and power, has no counterpart in U. S. design. Jubilant Ranger engineers declared its principles were adaptable to bigger engines, refused to confirm a current report: that at its modest (100 employes) plant at Farmingdale, L. I., Ranger is already working on a new powerplant of more than 1,000 horsepower to compete with Allison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Second In-Line | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

...voting to be constitutionally discontinued. This is the extent to which the Student Council is confident of a confirmation for its stand. The referendum comes when the whole class is politically conscious and expectant over the outcome. It comes when many Yardling groups have a vested interest in the current election, and are consequently unwilling to forego a chance to vote. It comes with such lightning rapidity that every freshman will hesitate to take such a mighty step with such great dispatch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VOTE NO | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

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