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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...victory, now held more votes than any other party (6,000,000); 2) Georges Bidault's centrist M.R.P. was all but dead, with more than two-thirds of its voters having gone over to De Gaulle; 3) the Communists, though knocked off their perch as France's largest party, had essentially held their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Battle on Sunday | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

...north side of Chicago's Michigan Avenue Bridge, in a small circle of dignitaries, Mayor Martin Kennelly and International Harvester Co.'s Fowler McCormick last week unveiled a plaque. It noted the Chicago centenary of the International Harvester Co., largest manufacturer of agricultural equipment in the world. Five days later, under tents and in open areas flanking nearby Soldier Field, some 275 pieces of Harvester equipment were displayed, to show how the company intends to make the second hundred years as exciting and profitable as the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Reaper's Harvest | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

...coaching technique centers around the position of the feet. "This is important," he said in one of his rare statements to the press, "in blocking and tackling, as well as in running, cutting properly, and catching passes. You can take the largest man on the squad, and if he doesn't have his feet right at the start and keep them driving, he'll hit you with all the impact of a cream puff...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Margarita Still Flashing Speed He Had with Pros | 10/25/1947 | See Source »

Only 493 students voted for retention of the all-male cheering section, while 2171 voted for abolition and 75 could muster no opinion. The grand total of 2739 votes comprised one of the largest in recent Council history...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heavy College Vote Favors Women in Cheering Section | 10/24/1947 | See Source »

...Love in a Village," eighteenth century comic opera, will be staged jointly this December by the Idler and the Choral Society, Radcliffe's two largest organizations, and the Harvard Glee Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Choral, Idler Join Hands For Comic Opera | 10/24/1947 | See Source »

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