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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...followed a group of freshmen infiltrating into the ballroom, in search of chocolate milk and root beer. "Now, I bet YOU play the piano!" a young lady was saying. "Not even chop sticks!" (She wiggled two fingers in the air to simulate the playing of chop-sticks.) "Hmm. There must be someone here...," she said, looking around the room...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: Tea at the President's | 11/16/1949 | See Source »

...Monday about the student who was arrested for cracking a very old joke in public. The day after that, I chanced to overhear in the Bick two old Square cronies discussing the case. After being told about the incident, one man said "Which cop was it, you say? Delaney? Hmm, I thought so. Just like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mail | 4/20/1949 | See Source »

...became surprisingly sociable. In private, he even unbent. Friends recall the time he read a note from Soviet Russia signed by one V. Urin. "Hmm," Hughes mused gravely, "he must be a member of the Privy Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUDICIARY: We Serve Our Hour | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...were trying to get an over-all picture of TIME'S 1,800,000 men and 1,500,000 women readers from this large cross-section survey, we called our questionnaire About Your TIME Exposure, and the last question asked, "How about enclosing a snapshot of yourself, hmm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 9, 1948 | 8/9/1948 | See Source »

...Hmm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 25, 1946 | 2/25/1946 | See Source »

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