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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years after he was born in 1908 in a Harlem tenement. He was the fourth of five children of the late Moe Berlinger, a quiet, sickly shopkeeper, and his vigorous, iron-willed wife Sarah (now Sandra). The great want sprang first in young Milton's mother, who helped earn the family living as a store detective. One day she borrowed 20? carfare to take the five-year-old boy to an amateur contest after he had done an impromptu street imitation of Charlie Chaplin. Milton won the contest, and Mom promptly went to work on his career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Child Wonder | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...Revenge" was made several years ago at a time when Italy was at its lowest in both morals and morale. Heads of families were finding it almost impossible to earn a living wage and still be honest. The young boy in this film makes more money on the black market than him father does in a factory. The sister takes to jitterbugging and wearing black-lace drawers. So when the Italian soldier comes home, the plight in which he finds him own family can be taken as somewhat typifying that of Italy at the time. "Revenge" was intended to carry...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: Revenge | 5/14/1949 | See Source »

...only that, but he intends to earn the degree in only one year. Entrance exams bore him; these he dismisses with a high-honors shrug. Freshman hazing presents somewhat more of a problem, and Mr. Belvedere faithfully wears his '52 beanie until he emancipates his class by pole-vaulting 14 feet to win the "Soph-Fresh" track meet. In order to earn money, he indulges in a more sophisticated baby sitting, working as a "hasher" in a sorority and civilizing its unmannered members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/5/1949 | See Source »

Niebuhr finds still further possibility of Christian redemption on an international level. The most powerful groups within nations and the most powerful nations in the world can, he thinks, behave enough like individuals to earn themselves rebirth. This can happen when their power and pride are challenged by new social forces. Then they "face the alternative of dying because they try too desperately to live, or of achieving new life by dying to self." When the latter occurs, he claims, it establishes "the validity of the Christian doctrine of life through death for the collective, as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Niebuhr on History | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

This year's seniors will be the first ever to permit the College to spend the interest which the gift will earn from year to year, David T. W. McCord '21, chairman of the Fund Council, said yesterday. Interest on the traditional $100,000 gift usually amounts to $25,000 over the 25-year period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fund Council Calls on Class Of '49 for Anniversary Gift | 4/29/1949 | See Source »

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