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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Immediately prior to his trip to Princeton, he was attempting to procure dental units to send to Europe in an effort to prevent teeth decay for part of the pop ulation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heller Named Only College Delegate To Attend Princeton's Bicentennial | 2/20/1947 | See Source »

...Tigers used a six-man attack at the close of the second period, taking out the goalie in a vain effort to narrow the three-point Crimson lead when Coulter drew a two-minute penalty. HARVARD (9) PRINCETON (2) Crocker rw Roberts Farrell c Van Dyke Feloney lw Elsaesser Preston rd Erdman Greeley, R. ld Arthur Yetman g White...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pucksters Triumph, 9 to 2, In Tigers' Second Ivy Loss | 2/20/1947 | See Source »

...field of religious cooperation this council is a decided success. It has achieved a large measure of concerted action, thus considerably increasing the effectiveness of Massachusetts Protestanism in the sphere of social betterment. In fact, the success of the Council indicates a broad and bright future for cooperative religious effort in general, even without the prospect of theological unity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brass Tacks | 2/19/1947 | See Source »

...United States is preacher-ridden. What Protestantism speaks, the language, the voice and the meaning are clerical. What Protestantism does is planned by preachers. What Protestantism refuses to do is explained by preacher-reasons. The laity's vision, as is often alleged, may be foreshortened. But in the effort which he now must make to inch Protestantism forward, Mr. Taft will find himself more often afoul of the clergy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Forward, Laymen | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

...winter air is apt to be full of "supercooled" clouds (below the freezing point). These clouds might, with help, be converted into snow. If it works, G.E.'s effort' to manufacture snowstorms might appreciably affect the U.S. climate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Snow Is Predicted | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

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