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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...second story on Princeton, the Trib hit Rhodes Scholars for "influencing public opinion on Britain's behalf." Founder Cecil Rhodes "plotted the idea of a secret society to extend British rule to recapture America for the king...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Irascible Trib Lowers Boom On Langer's History of War | 1/22/1948 | See Source »

...avowed attempt to become a national (or perhaps even international) student rallying-ground, the Progressive has not succeeded so markedly. Despite attempts to extend its authorship beyond the immediate Harvard vicinity, and despite sporadic circulation drives on various national campuses, the Progressive's ties with the local Liberal Union have yet to be severed. Of the eight articles, a brief book review, and an editorial which the latest issue contains, only two come from elsewhere than the Cambridge-Boston area. These two are a report of the Christian Socialist movement in Oxford by a student at that British university...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Shelf | 1/14/1948 | See Source »

Other measures high on the Republican agenda were an anti-lynching bill and a bill to extend rent control (with the 15% "voluntary" increase), which expires in February. Universal military training was also due to come up, but its chances of passage looked slim. Even slimmer were the chances that Republican leaders would take any steps to add more economic controls. Vermont's Senator Ralph Flanders said he would introduce a standby meat-rationing bill. Senator Taft is on record for a meat-rationing bill-if needed-but only a severe meat shortage would bring about sufficient support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Fateful Calendar | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

...dean's office and jurisdiction in this country does not extend beyond the confines of the cathedral body, of which he is the head. Outside those limits he speaks and acts only for himself. The Archbishop of Canterbury has neither responsibility for what the dean may say or do nor power to control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Archbishop Saw Red | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

...Republicans bought half of Harry Truman's ten points without reservation. They agreed to tackle extension of export and transportation controls immediately. When Congress reconvened in January, it would extend rent control for another year, restore consumer credit controls and take action against inflationary bank credit and commodity speculation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Inflation Battle | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

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