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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...federal grand jury to tell what he knew about the revival of racketeering in Kansas City. Six thousand non-diners watched and applauded from the flag-bedecked balconies. An army of harried waiters served 3,000 tenderloin steaks without allowing more than minor peripheral cooling to set in-no mean achievement since all had come from the kitchen of the Muehlebach Hotel, three full blocks away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Holiday at Home | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...move to create such a course should be up to Harvard, not Radcliffe with its meagre budget. A course in college teaching, required for the majority of graduate students, would mean a large revision in Graduate School policy. The result, however, would be an extremely valuable precedent in a neglected area of higher education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Training for Teachers | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...Harvard victory today, but everybody can expect some mighty fine football when the home season opens at 2 p.m. this afternoon. Cornell, a team which is rated first in the East and among the top ten in the nation, will provide the opposition, and if speed, depth, and coordination mean anything it could make a messy homecoming for the Crimson...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Fast, Polished Cornell Team Will Face Crimson In Homecoming Game; Houston Will Be Starter | 10/8/1949 | See Source »

...Crucial" that is, because "it will mean the difference between a fair season and a terriffic season for us," Munro explains. His booters, who beat Tufts 4 to 1 with case last Saturday, have looked even better all this week in practice. As a result the Cayugans paper advantage of experience doesn't particularly faze Munro...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Soccer Team Plays Cornell at Noon | 10/8/1949 | See Source »

...small group of vicious people trying to disrupt our delegation. There is another small group that is native. We came here for peace. Let's make decisions. There are too many disruptive points. Let's prevent it from recurring. Let's slap these people down--verbally, I mean. I'm fighting for peace ... I'm fighting for all of you.' Motion of censure withdrawn. Discussion closed...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Youth Told of Grim U.S. at Budapest | 10/7/1949 | See Source »

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