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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years worked on the far-reaching and complicated business of Harvard publicity. Simultaneously, he filled such odd jobs as correspondent for the Boston Transcript until its demise in 1941, and even took pictures for the Alumni Bulletin. (Like many good reporters, Monro can juggle a Speed-Graphic with one hand and take notes with the other...

Author: By Aloyalus S. Mccabe, | Title: Faculty Profile | 3/8/1949 | See Source »

From a village in Aconcagua's foothills last week came word that Hackett had climbed on despite his crippled hand, finally reached the top. After planting the Stars & Stripes, he headed back to the base camp. He was the first U.S. citizen to conquer the "Father of Mountains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To the Top | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...dealer traded it to a salesman for a $56 typewriter, and it was the salesman, a bustling Briton named Henry Eric Wells, who made a small fortune last week from Dido's suicide. He showed the painting to an art expert, discovered it was from the hand of the Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens (who had painted another well-known Dido in the same pose, and resold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Typewriter for Dido | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...judgment . . . opens the way to one of the most constructive moves in the history of the corporation." But the constructive move broke up one of the biggest and most profitable U.S. movie companies at a time when the outlook for all moviemakers was none too good. On the other hand, moviegoers would benefit. "Clearances," which now prevent small theaters from showing pictures too soon after their first run, are banned. In many small towns this would give a wider selection of pictures. Among the separation terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paramount Gives In | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...Elis came out for the third period fired up with determination and for me of the period battled the varsity on fairly even terms. Crimson goalie Bill Yetman lost his shutout at 17:27 when a shot from the stick of Watson Bray whistled into the extreme lower left hand corner of the cage. The varsity countered with the final score of the night two minutes later...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Hockey Team Tops Defensive Eli Squad in Easy Game, 4-1 | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

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