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...reason for the predominance of Harvard and Massachusetts men: the majority of Bowerman's geniuses lived in the early years of the U.S., when Massachusetts and Harvard were the hub of U.S. cultural life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: One Thousand Heavyweights | 8/4/1947 | See Source »

Otherwise the summer rowing hub was as quiet as Newell Boat House across the way, padlocked ever since the Varsity crew look off for New London after Commencement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Haines Has Quiet Summer; Singles Take Over at Weld | 7/22/1947 | See Source »

...Holy City. Mountain-rimmed Salt Lake City (pop. 183,000) is no longer a fortress and a prison. Last week the town which Brigham Young laid out "foursquare with the compass" with wide streets and ten-acre blocks, was a center of Western commerce and trade, hub of three railroads, four airlines, four main highways. It is one of the cleanest and friendliest cities in the U.S., and one of the healthiest. The descendants of the lean and desperate Mormon pioneers have a well-fed, well-dressed, freshly scrubbed and glowing look. Mormon women walk with a high-bosomed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTAH: A Peculiar People | 7/21/1947 | See Source »

...President of Terry Motors Inc., an East Weymouth Chevrolet agency. Terry, whose son graduates from the Boston Latin School tonight, confessed that he was "somewhat abashed" to see his picture in the Hub dailies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oldest '47 Graduate Proves Academic Lamp Ever Bright | 6/5/1947 | See Source »

Dolph Samborski's Varsity baseball team, which has been eminently successful this season against all opposition outside Greater Boston, will appear at Hanover at 4 o'clock this afternoon against a Dartmouth nine whose only major triumph to date has come Inside the Hub. Freshman squads from the two colleges pair off at 1 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: League-Leading Nine Off to Dartmouth Diamond Today | 5/7/1947 | See Source »

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