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Author "Henry Thomas" is a learned publisher disporting himself with the anonymity so necessary for successful indiscretions in his native Boston. His humor runs sooner to dubious epigrams than to clever psychology and his wit limps much of the way. But what he does not know about ancient Rome he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cleopatra | 7/4/1927 | See Source »

Whenever the heart beats, electricity flows over the body's circuit. Dr. Einthoven's device records the fluctuations of this current by means of two wires of quartz, so fine that they are invisible even under a microscope, unless thrown into relief by light against a dark background...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Nobel Prize | 1/12/1925 | See Source »

Hammond is the Crimson's greatest concern. He still limps perceptibly, and whether he or Jenkins will start at fullback is uncertain. At all events it is probable that Coach Fisher will not risk Hammond through the entire game. He is far too valuable a man to have on the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EITHER HARVARD OR PRINCETON MUST PLAY INSPIRED FOOTBALL TO WIN TODAY | 11/10/1923 | See Source »

February 4: Nine Harvard players net goals and almost everyone breaks some kind of scoring record as Army limps out of Bright Center, victims of an 11-1 drubbing.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polishing the Rust: Icemen Capture National Title | 6/8/1889 | See Source »

March 24-25: Lake Superior State, the defending national champion, skates into Bright for an NCAA quarterfinal series. After a pair of sub-par performances, Lake Inferior State limps out of Cambridge.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polishing the Rust: Icemen Capture National Title | 6/8/1889 | See Source »

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