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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Every summer for more than half a century, artists-professional and amateur-from all over North America have come down the winding, bumpy, narrow road to Peggy's Cove, 35 miles southwest of Halifax, on Nova Scotia's granite coast. From dawn to dusk they have painted the surf smashing against the rocks and the jumble of houses, tumbledown fishing shacks, crooked wharves, dories, fish barrels and lobster pots that line the coast. Many go away at summer's end in agreement with Halifax Artist William E. Degarthe, who says: "A person who doesn't feel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: NOVA SCOTIA: No Jukebox | 6/2/1947 | See Source »

...William James Burger was making a parish call. After he passed the guarded gate at Lower Cupsuptik, he drove through the Maine dusk between high forest walls of spruce and balsam. By the time he reached the Crowley Brook Camp, five deer had bounded out of his headlights' glare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Preacher in the Woods | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

Eight men from Eliot House rowed the Henley distance--d mile and 5-16--in seven minutes and 29 seconds in chilly Charles Basin at dusk yesterday to nose out the Winthrop crew by a deck length and cop the House crew championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Wins House Crew Crown with 7:29 Henley Run in Twilight Regatta | 5/16/1947 | See Source »

Again the prisoners were twelve. The Russian's face relaxed. With a third sputtering match he lighted his papirosa and placidly blew smoke toward the tense Germans scurrying home through the gathering dusk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Beyond Understanding | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

From 2 o'clock until dusk each weekday the Varsity and Freshman teams and the Freshman compulsory program take over completely. But, Getchell said, some of the courts may be available on Saturday afternoons when the teams are away. Furthermore, the advent of daylight saving time a week from Sunday may find the courts open later than 6 o'clock...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan, | Title: Sports of the Crimson | 4/17/1947 | See Source »

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