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...coalpits scarcely miss a shift. Lan-arkshire iron and metal works roar 24 hours a day. While vast schemes are going forward for converting to agriculture more of the one-sixth of Scotland that is locked up in huge, private hunting preserves, Benedictine monks at Fort Augustus have hiked up their habits and converted ten acres of monastery land into a victory garden. From low-ceilinged island cottages comes the never-ending keening of Heb-riden women mourning their men lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCOTLAND: Scots Wha Hae | 5/25/1942 | See Source »

...lan, Jr., Austin B. Mason, Jr., Richard B. Ogrean, Grover O'Neill, Jr., Joseph W. Redmond, Albert L. Reeves (Captain), Fenton Taylor, Jr., Julian Crocker (Manager...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HAA AWARDS GIVEN FOR WINTER SPORTS | 4/18/1941 | See Source »

...think somebody's been pulling our legs," Bowie reported. At the same time the lovable tousle-headed lan from Passaic announced that he would take the first trick on the mound in the yearly blue-chip classic Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAMPY'S FEBRILITY FORCES CRIMSON TO POSTPONE BASEBALL FRACAS | 5/21/1940 | See Source »

Steve Madey will pit his pole vaulting e'lan against Yale's Tommy Lussen for the second time this season, and the chances are that the little boy blue will be stiffer competition than he was in the Quad Meet. Don Donahue will probably meet a more self possessed Jay Shields today than the one who spilled three hurdles running for Yale in the Gardon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIX TRACKMEN TRAVEL TO IC4A IN NEW YORK | 3/2/1940 | See Source »

...stuff over with the people. Two sizes of type are employed: large type for essentials, small type for skipping (some of the best things in the book). At the end appears an absurd and appealing glossary, defining 18 non-English terms used in the text, including bourgeoisie, élan, bizarreries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: New History | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

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