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Anyone who can navigate a pair of skis, in other words any old hacker, is urged to join in the annual Harvard ski-race on the Sherburne trail in Pinkham Notch, beginning at 10 o'clock Sunday morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trophy Goes to Ski Race Winner Sunday | 3/14/1941 | See Source »

...Hacker Forney started south, stopped at a red light. The man said, "For God's sake, I'm dying. Don't stop for the lights. Get me to the hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Get a Policeman | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

...week's end the hospital authorities announced that the nurse who rebuffed Hacker Forney had been suspended, pending an investigation. New York City's fiery, hen-shaped Mayor LaGuardia declared grimly that he expected the findings of the investigators to be communicated to him with all speed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Get a Policeman | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

...keep his weight down to 225 Ibs., he takes his winter opera performances in his stride, often eats heavy meals before he goes to the opera house, smokes all the cigars he wants to, drinks his aqvavit neat. His brown-eyed, Bavarian-born wife Kleinchen (real name Maria Hacker), who could almost be tucked into one of the pockets of his massive vest, keeps him well fed and amused. One of the things about her that amuses him most is the way they met. Originally a cinema actress with the old German UFA films, Frau Melchior landed in her future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Great Dane | 1/22/1940 | See Source »

...about whom enemy linemen have nightmares weeks before the Harvard. . . . There' little Nick, who had to wait for Russ and Chuck, and who seems to delight in his opponents' weight advantage. There's solemn Dave, who has the damndest luck with black eyes. There's colorful Tim, who like Hacker has found new joy in tackling. There's the steady Chief, with the barrel-house voice and the sure toe. There's Don and Win, a set of ends who have justified the confidence placed in them. There's Bob B., slim, reserved, quiet, who can carry the mail while...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/18/1938 | See Source »

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