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...College's two dramatic organizations announced further plans for their spring plays last night, as the Theater Workshop disclosed its preliminary cast for "Richard II" and the Dramatic Club made efforts to expand its "The Survivors' to a Boston audience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Drama Clubs Set Production Plans | 3/8/1948 | See Source »

...legislature named a three-man commission, headed by Dr. George D. Strayer of Columbia's Teachers College, to decide where to put them all. Last week, the Strayer report urged California to start three new four-year colleges, eight new junior colleges (present total: 55), expand courses at two of the eight University of California campuses, but set a limit of 20,000 students apiece on the two big ones (Berkeley and Los Angeles). President Robert Gordon Sproul, the big man on all eight campuses, had his way on one important point. The commission told the little colleges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Lots of Little Ones | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

...that Abdullah, who plays well, likes swift moves, gets bored if the game lasts too long. What moves, wondered rival Arab leaders, was the wily brain planning to make in neighboring Palestine? Traditionally the bad boy of Arab politicians, Abdullah has never made any secret of his ambition to expand his holdings, at the expense of Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, or of all four of those states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANS-JORDAN: Chess Player & Friend | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

...industry plans to improve and expand production facilities one-third by a $4 billion investment. But Jersey's Holman pointed out last week that steel was still the big bottleneck. Steel is needed for casings for new wells, for new refineries, for pipelines and for tank cars to haul the product. Until that bottleneck is cracked, the U.S. will have to make do with present production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Petroleum Economy | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

Under the stimulation of that period of competition, the CRIMSON built up large enough profits to expand its Massachusetts Avenue facilities still further. But the editors were still unsatisfied, and in 1899 they culminated their editorial campaign in favor of the Union by moving in, lock, stock, and linotype, after turning down several other likely bids...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Transitory Headquarters Hampered Early Crime in Battle for Survival | 1/30/1948 | See Source »

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