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Slowly, the mills of the Chicago Medical Society began to grind-with a formal complaint that Ivy's conduct was unethical. One committee after another studied the charge, called Dr. Ivy in for consultation. Many of Ivy's most admiring colleagues shook their heads sadly over his action. "Ivy's really stuck his neck way out," they said, or, "He's courageous but foolish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Doctor & His Ethics | 11/26/1951 | See Source »

...first Crimson finisher was Dave Gregory, in 98th position, followed by Dave Cairns in 123rd position. Emil San Soucie, Hal Gerry, Steve Sharp, Bruce Phillips and Hugh Maguire trailed far back in the five-mile grind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Penn State Harriers Edge Army for Title | 11/20/1951 | See Source »

When will these men realize that they hold the reins on our small fry's intelligence for a good two to three hours each day with the palaver they grind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 19, 1951 | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

...runs about 2¼ minutes, costs 2.2? a minute, he calculated. Buffalo's ten-concert season costs (at two hours for each concert) a little more than half a cent a minute. Black's conclusion: the jukebox player pays about four times as much for his scratchy grind music as he would for live symphonic music. And that is not all, reported Black. If the orchestra, like a jukebox, should stop playing every 2¼ minutes, "the student would have to make 53 trips to the podium during the symphony season and drop a nickel in [Conductor William...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Nickel Serenade | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

...husky, big-nosed, pale-eyed Virginian named Horace Gates Brown moved his wife and three sons to California. It was, as they often say in Hollywood, Fate. This was not immediately apparent, however, for, as they also often say in Hollywood, the mills of the gods grind slowly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Fate & Uncle Horace | 11/12/1951 | See Source »

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