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Of the five, Old Ironsides is the closest to being seaworthy. She was condemned as far back as 1830, but Oliver Wendell Holmes so stirred Americans with" his famed poem that Congress appropriated money for repairs. Now berthed in the Boston Navy Yard, she is about 90% restored (a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Anchors Aweigh | 7/19/1954 | See Source »

A Heap O' Livin'. In Hartford, Conn., Salesman John Holmes, advertising in the Courant, offered to sell ". . . 40 acres of Pin Oaks and Black snakes. Old-world charm includes sagging floors, tortuous stairway and draughty fireplaces . . . Dandy opportunity to toughen up wife and kiddies ..." reported several nibbles the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 12, 1954 | 7/12/1954 | See Source »

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (1809-94) Doctor and author (Autocrat of the Breakfast Table): 1KNOW I might have made an indifferent lawyer-and I think I may make a tolerable physician-I did not like the one, and I do like the other ... If you would wax thin and savage, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: WHY BE A DOCTOR | 6/21/1954 | See Source »

The actor waits. He is essentially a gear -no matter how large and important a gear-presently to be inserted into the mechanism of moviemaking, and delay is his lot in life. He is called to walk through his part-while the babble of voices goes steadily on-and is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Survivor | 6/7/1954 | See Source »

Steve Gottleib defeated Jack Buswell in the first singles, 6-0, 6-2. Second man Ben Heckscher won over Bob Smith by the same score. Other singles winners were Cal Place, Doug Gardner, Barry Boehm, Dave Terris, Pete Banks, and Hank Holmes. Gardner and Banks were extended to extra sets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Tennis Team Tops Dartmouth, 10-3 | 5/19/1954 | See Source »

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