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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Georgia O'Keeffe, a plain-spoken lady who looks as severe as her own paintings, played a modest part in the festivities. She stood up when called upon and said: ''This is a gift from Stieglitz. It is for the students of this university. I hope you will go and look at these paintings more than once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Many Ways | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...began to sit up and take notice. Then, fortnight ago, Fordham ran wild and smothered favored Georgetown, 42-0. The Fordham team, model 1949, began to evoke memories of the great Ram of old; the match between Fordham's unbeaten Cinderella outfit and awesome, unbeaten Army began to look like the week's big game in the East-even though nobody off the Fordham campus gave the Ram a chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scuffling Cinderellas | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...rarely misses the ritual of morning class, where she stretches at the bar like the other dancers. She is completely unaffected-a quality which helps set the atmosphere backstage. Explains Frederick Ashton: "When the prima ballerina doesn't put on airs, obviously anyone else trying to would only look ludicrous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Coloratura on Tiptoe | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

Actually, for the past month, young Field and "Pete" Akers had been acting as top dogs without benefit of top titles. Field had long fretted that the morning and evening editions of the Sun-Times looked too much alike: there was little reason for anyone to buy both. Now he had started out to make them look as different as possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Marsh Moves In | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

Field's new toned-down look for the morning Sun-Times has already kicked up an office gag: "Now we won't have rape for breakfast any more. Just for supper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Marsh Moves In | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

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