Word: mentions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...enlargement of geography departments at the Universities of Chicago, California, and Wisconsin, to mention only a few, makes Harvard's move the more anachronous. Although it is improbable that the administration will reconsider its decision, a measure must be introduced whereby some remnant of the Department may be preserved. This, too, appears doubtful, however, for there remains little enticement in the way of advanced teaching and research to Professor Whittlesey, one of the great political geographers in the country. But if it is not a feeble hope to expect him to remain in a University which has virtually abolished...
...sheer misuse of apparent purpose, perhaps the "night crawler" deserves special mention. No one knows what this young lady does with herself during the daytime, but like the stars, she comes out at night. Fall of vim and vigor, she easily eclipses the she-skiers, and ogles all tired but available males...
There was no mention of the military aid which Lieut. General Albert Wedemeyer had strongly urged five months ago (TIME, Oct. 20). The program was admittedly aimed only at "a limited objective," could do no more than provide "a respite from rapid economic deterioration." Said Harry Truman: "Nothing which this country provides by way of assistance can, even in a small measure, be a substitute for the necessary action that can be taken only by the Chinese government...
Trigger-tempered Max Hirsch, 68, a horse trainer by trade, said he wasn't interested in the $50,000 prize money. He just wanted to beat "that horse." He felt so strongly about Armed, 1947's horse of the year, that he couldn't even mention his name. Max had been maneuvered into running his Assault against Armed one day last September when Assault had "only three legs...
...change, said new President Wilson, took him "completely by surprise." Just as surprised was the business world outside A.T. &T. Beyond his own vast company, lean, friendly Leroy August Wilson was not well known. Manhattan's financial writers, scrabbling through their files, found no mention of him. But they found ample evidence in A.T. & T. annals of what Leroy Wilson had done...