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...idea has the advantage of simplicity," he stated. "Harvard now is unique among American colleges in its requirement of Latin or Greek for an Arts degree. If it continues much longer, it may acquire the flavor of a quaint custom," he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Reaflirms His Old Stand on Same A.B. for All | 10/23/1946 | See Source »

Ruminating sardonically, as is his custom, Britain's Philosopher-Humorist Nat Gubbins last week summed up the situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Worth Saving? | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

While other planemakers raced to produce cheaper planes for a wider market, soft-spoken Leroy Grumman galloped off in the other direction. This week his Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. announced its postwar commercial model, the Mallard, an eight-to-ten-passenger amphibian with lush-plush custom-tailored interior. Price: $100,000 & up (depending on the interior arrangement selected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIAGE TRADE: Hellcat's Cousin | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

Miss Hayes makes the most of her one-woman show. Torching a custom-built Rodgers-Hammerstein number, 'I Haven't Got a Worry in the World,' or toasting everyone in sight from a tectering perch atop three bar stools (sample: "May all your troubles be little ones and may all your little ones be yours"), she renders choice Loos-isms classic. Her love scene under the table with Louis Jean Heydt, staged to the exactly appropriate subdued degree, is something you are not likely to forget...

Author: By S. W. H., | Title: The Playgoer | 10/8/1946 | See Source »

Whether or not the latter part of that old custom--that a Harlow team is a late-starting team--will be belied this season remains to be seen. It will have to be discarded if the Cantabs are going to beat Connecticut, for reports have it that the Nutmegs have a hot little squad. Reports aren't needed to point out that they have a fullback named Walt Trojanowski who scored 23 times last year and is going to be hard to stop...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lewis, | Title: Harlow Struggles to Put Team into Shape for Saturday's Grid Opener | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

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