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...semi-circular stone benches, similar to those which supplemented the Dudley Gate, will flank the sundial and bear the inscriptions of the original benches. These read, "One of thy founders him New England know who staid thy feeble sides when thou wast low" and "who spent his state his strength and years with care that after comers in them might have share...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Work Begins on Memorial Near Lamont | 5/31/1949 | See Source »

Ever since war's end, Konni Zilliacus had been zooming and buzzing around the Labor government's left flank like a gnat harassing an elephant. Several times, the great beast had flapped its ears in protest. Last week it hauled off with its trunk and struck. Konni Zilliacus, M.P. for Gateshead, longtime Fabian and fellow traveler, was formally read out of the Labor Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Fight for the Soul | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

...catastrophic defeats in Asia, Greece's victories and defeats in the war with communism had been all but forgotten by the West. Yet it was in Greece that the U.S. first publicly took a stand in aggressive resistance to the Red tide. Van Fleet holds a vital flank position in the battle between communism and the West. Says he: "This war in Greece is a first-class war of international communism. It's a war of annihilation with no respect for the rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: With Will to Win | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

Bill Hickey will start at third base again, with Charlie Cabot still waiting it out on the bench. Henry Young and Win Carduff will flank second base. Tim Wise will temporarily take over at first from Al Switzer, and Bill Goodman will continue to take care of the catching chores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frosh Nine Plays New Prep Today | 4/21/1949 | See Source »

These ova are artificially inseminated in the pedigreed cow. Then they are removed from the ovaries, through an incision in the flank, and transplanted, through the flank, to scrub foster mothers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Mother Was a Thoroughbred | 4/4/1949 | See Source »

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