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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three speakers are expected to present varying views of the cause of the present tendency toward breakdown in the family group. Some authorities say that this disintegration will continue to become more acute, and others believe that it is merely due to the temporarily unsettled conditions of the day and will disappear in time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Forum Views Prospects for Family in U.S. | 12/3/1948 | See Source »

...Association, under the direction of Michael Linenthal and Gerald Savory, has revived Mr. Savory's 12-year-old comedy, "George and Margaret," for its third production. It is a shallow, ordinary, domestic comedy, involving a British family of painfully familiar character types. It is also frequently very funny, mainly due to inordinately good acting and direction...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: George and Margaret | 12/3/1948 | See Source »

Preliminary study cards were distributed to all students yesterday. Cards are due at 2 University Hall before 5 p.m., December 14. Failure to hand them in one time will result in a $10 fine during the first week of delinquency and a $20 fine subsequent to that time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Study Cards Ready | 12/1/1948 | See Source »

Automakers brushed off the slump. They thought it was due to 1) a normal seasonal decline, 2) the revival of credit controls in September and 3) the wait for new models. In fact, General Motors last week was so confident of renewed demand that it thought it safe to boost prices $50 to $100 on 1949 Buicks and $54 to $112 on 1949 Cadillacs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Under the Counter | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

Over the past 20 years, Lord Macaulay's colossal misjudgment has been reversed. With the rediscovery of a vast cache of notes and letters that the portly biographer spent a lifetime scribbling, Boswell has gradually but increasingly been getting his due. Last week in Manhattan, a new stack of Boswelliana was made public for the first time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Compleat Boswell | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

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