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Mr. and Mrs. Davies made a final trip, which ended fortnight ago, through the Ukraine and the Black Sea area. To the inhabitants of Caucasian and Crimean ports the sight of the Davies 316-foot yacht Sea Cloud was a never-ending diversion. They thronged the piers to watch the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Farewell | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

Neutral observers and hydraulic engineers in China were appalled by reports that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was debating whether to create a supreme diversion by ordering dynamited the principal dikes of the Yellow River, famed for ages as "China's Sorrow," upon which the American Red Cross alone has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: New Phase | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

"Oooooooh! A car and a handsome man with the top down!" the girls mooed enthusiastically. Asked what their favorite Spring diversion was, they promptly chanted:

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spring Inspiring to Radcliffe, Means Bock Beer to Wellesley | 3/24/1938 | See Source »

That group is the team itself. Few students know the actual drudgery that goes into the building of a great gridiron machine. Beginning early in September every man on the squad, and many that did not make the Varsity, worked for over three hours a day in a hard, bruising...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEFORE THE TUMULT AND SHOUTING DIE | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

Only with the appearance of an official notice threatening offenders was this popular diversion brought to an end.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN BUTTER SLINGERS OUTLAWED IN YALE COMMONS | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

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