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...Boston University sextet has begun its return to local hockey eminence after two lean years, but it is questionable whether the Terriers can yet match the Crimson. The faceoff for tonight's attempt at the Garden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Favored Crimson Faces B.U. Sextet At 9 p.m. Tonight | 12/9/1955 | See Source »

...Washington art gallery, was asked about the mystery of his aversion to capital letters. Said he precisely: "i use capitals ONLY for emphasiis. after all, that's what they were invented for, weren't they?" On departing to join "Operation Deepfreeze," his fifth Antarctic expedition, lean Rear Admiral (ret.) Richard Evelyn Byrd, 67, unwarily recalled: "No woman has ever set foot on Little America . the most silent and peaceful place in the world." By the time he reached Dallas on his way to New Zealand, lady pickets awaited him. In high good humor, they waved signs protesting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 5, 1955 | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

...have some bones to pick with your movie reviewer, Brad Darrach. My wife and I love movies, and practically supported Hollywood singlehanded through its lean years. Darrach has been spoiling pictures for us ever since he took his senior editor's advice ("Sure, sure, but what was the movie about?") so literally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 21, 1955 | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

...step ramp. When Guatemalan President Castillo Armas arrived to visit Ike, the Washington Post and Times Herald's Eddie Folliard went along, too. Later Folliard told the press corps: "It's obvious that he's lost weight, as the doctors wanted him to. He looks completely lean. His color is good. He has a ruddy look. His eyes seem clear. He was animated, as he always has been, a man in motion . . . lean and sharp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Man in Motion | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

...Running credit policy is like walking a tightrope," said a top Cabinet official last week. "You almost always lean one way or the other. Last summer we were leaning too far toward inflation. Now we are taking a new look to see if we are leaning the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Loosening the Reins? | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

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