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Insisting that "going legitimate" hasn't changed her, Ann Corio promises her Harvard admirers that she still loves them, that she hopes they still love her, and that wearing clothes doesn't "hamper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unchanged By Clothes, Ann Corio Still 'Loves Harvard' | 1/21/1942 | See Source »

...Clothes don't hamper me at all," says Ann Corio, but they don't add to her charm. Perhaps she had better stick to the Old Howard, where he art may proceed to its own unhampered end and where Harvard men may admire her in the accustomed manner, unabashed by the proprieties of the legitimate stage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "White Cargo" | 1/21/1942 | See Source »

...bloodthirsty, but let us be realistic and merciless until the end....Let us not hamper our military and naval leaders by sentimentality if they bomb the cities of Japan in order to win this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 22, 1941 | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

...believe that the "obstructionists" will be able to hamper our successful prosecution of a war which Hitler has brought on us. We are glad that they have given us notice of their aims. Charles H. Taylor, Associate Professor of History...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 12/10/1941 | See Source »

...anti-tank weapon is not a makeshift (like the captured tanks from which the Germans shear armor and top-hamper for greater speed, or the improvised tactical organizations used in the Carolina maneuvers-see col. 1) but a machine specially built to destroy tanks. It is long (30 feet), low-lying (7 feet), armored, mounted on wheels, not caterpillars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Tank Destroyer? | 12/1/1941 | See Source »

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