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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...music. Then the incredible happened: during the Bacchanal from Tannhäuser, the superb orchestra actually became confused. Alert NBC engineers cut the broadcast off the air with an announcement about "operational difficulties." Incongruously, a few bars of Brahms' First Symphony drifted over the air, as a fill-in recording was played in the studio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Sad Time Has Come | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

...really wise to proceed with these explosions?" In the House of Commons, the Laborites used the bomb as a new political weapon on their old target, the U.S. And Prime Minister Churchill, in the most solemn tone, assured a hushed House of Commons that the "overwhelming consequences of development ... fill my mind out of all comparison with anything else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Distorted Commentary | 4/5/1954 | See Source »

...with entreaties of "play fair," but the complete lack of fixed rules and the annual difficulties produced by flexible distribution gave way eventually to the present 70% method. Rather than have complete free choice or complete distribution, the masters settled on the compromise plan of permitting each House to fill 70% of its quota with first choice applicants. The remainder of the space would have to be filled with second and third choice applicants sent along from those not accepted by the first choice House. As is witnessed by several Houses today, this method is far from fool-proof...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: Houses: Seven Dwarfs By The Charles? | 4/1/1954 | See Source »

...fables about Lowell House's intellectual martyrdom is that, alone among the House, it can fill its library on the Saturday evening of a big dance. This fable is perfectly true. Last Saturday, the evening of the big Lowell House formal, while one third of the House was prancing around in formal garb, and leading their dates to a served dinner in the dining room, another, smaller contingent was busy in the library...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intellectuals Thrive at Lowell House As Do Bird Lovers, Mountain Climbers | 4/1/1954 | See Source »

...least three years. Crump played practically all of every game last year. He is fast and an exceptional stick-handler for a defenseman. Hartwell, Scharf, and Crump showed up particularly well on clearing Saturday. Paul Jones has played on the varsity for the past two years and will fill in at any defense position. He may play more than either Scharf or Hartwell...

Author: By Peter G. Palches, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 4/1/1954 | See Source »

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