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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Perhaps the most familiar jersey on the field today will be number 31, belonging to West. This 203-pound, six-feet fullback alternated with Paul Shafer last season and was the chief contributor to the Crimson's lone victory (over Holy Cross) with his powerful plunges up the middle...

Author: By Bayley F. Mason, | Title: Lowenstein, West Are Key Men for Success of New Crimson Backfield | 10/7/1950 | See Source »

...Young Republicans will supplement Radcliffe's Students for Democratic Action, at present the lone surviving club on the Annex political scene. Charters of the World Federalists, the Young Progressives, and the John Reed Club were not renewed last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Revives Republicans After 2 Years of Inaction | 10/6/1950 | See Source »

...Some Sleep." It was a lone-wolf Republican, North Dakota's rawboned, unpredictable Bill Langer, who stepped up with much-needed relief for the Democratic corporal's guard. Langer had been obstinately against the bill from its inception, and began his harangue in the clangorous voice that makes every sentence sound like the cry of a newsboy with an extra. Weary Senators drifted off to doze on black leather couches in corridors or handy offices, leaving a few sentinels to guard the Senate floor. Shortly after 2 a.m., one of Langer's roars, punctuated by a crashing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Dawn Over Capitol Hill | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

Tritium is the big brother of the hydrogen family. Ordinary hydrogen has one lone proton in its nucleus with an electron circling around it. Deuterium (heavy hydrogen) has one proton and one neutron in its nucleus. Tritium (heavy heavy hydrogen) has one proton and two neutrons. It is feebly radioactive, with a half-life of about twelve years. Drs. Libby and Grosse detected it through its radiation in samples of heavy (deuterium-containing) water. Its presence in heavy water had been suspected for some time, but not conclusively proved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Tritium All Around | 9/25/1950 | See Source »

...Austin won a 9-1 vote, but the lone negative by Malik vetoed his proposal. It was Russia's 44th veto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shooting in the Yellow Sea | 9/18/1950 | See Source »

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