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...gave up his usual early morning walks ; after rising, he went directly to his desk to read mail* and sign bills. Most of the time, his midday jaunt to the naval station's crushed-coral beach was his only outdoor activity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: A Desk in the Sun | 4/3/1950 | See Source »

...such standbys as September in the Rain and East of the Sun, sentimentalists got a straight chorus to hang their memories on before taking off on a jaunt through the weird intervals, lurching rhythms and monotonous riffs of the bop landscape. "The public," Shearing explained, "needs a handle to grab before they'll really catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sherbet-Cold | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

...charging travelers a fee but by getting "wholesale" rates on hotels, etc., and taking a "retail" markup. This year thousands of Americans will take 167 different tours, ranging in price from $10.95 for a two-day trip through New York City to $2,338 for a 68-day jaunt through ten European countries. The most popular: two-week "Banner Tours" through the West ($297 and up), and six-week European trips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Private State Department | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

Stuffy McInnis, first baseman of Connie Mack's immortal $100,000 infield, is starting his sophomore year at Harvard. Memories of warm climates encountered during the spring southern jaunt last year, will remain memories. He'll travel of course, ten out of the last eleven games are away, but they're not far enough away to allow swimming after the games. By playing the Boston teams he'll meet some of the toughest opposition in the northeast. All in all there's a 19 game schedule and its just a little more than three weeks away...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: McInnis and 50 Baseball Players Make Ready for 19 Game Schedule | 3/23/1950 | See Source »

Three Southern women's schools will play host to 46 members of the Orchestra on the seven day jaunt which was a prewar tradition. The musicians will leave April 1, spend a night apiece in New York and Washington, and then proceed to Langwood College in Farmville, Virginia, for their first concert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Orchestra, Band Go On Road Tours Next Month | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

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