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Foilsman Robert Nielson is the Columbia mainstay. He placed first in the junior division tournament of the Amateur Fencing League of America. The Lions have beaten Yale and lost to Army, which also topped the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Oppose Strong Lion Club | 3/4/1950 | See Source »

...Next went pride in himself. Pride was a "mainstay" of the old sergeants' personalities, "but once a break in efficiency occurred, their self-confidence weakened progressively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Old Sergeant Syndrome | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

...Money a Mainstay...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Salzburg Seminar Sets $300,000 as Fund Goal | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

Died. Ernie ("Tiny") Bonham, 36, Pittsburgh Pirates' pitcher and onetime mainstay (1940-46) of the pennant-winning New York Yankees; after an operation; in Pittsburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 26, 1949 | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...production of newsprint, nickel and asbestos; stands second in wheat exports, aluminum and zinc; third in copper, gold & silver mining. The hemisphere's richest uranium mine is in the Canadian North. The vast iron-ore deposits in Labrador and Quebec can replace the dwindling U.S. Mesabi range as the mainstay of U.S. steelmaking. New oilfields in Alberta are already compared to the fabulous wells of west Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Pere de Famille | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

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