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...played as if an immobile, enormous shape, looming unseen behind him, directed with Gargantuan fingers the movement of his smaller hands upon the Lilliputian kings. Once, it is true, he made a misplay, uncovered his queen. The watchers sucked in their breath. Surely now this Merlin was done for. But his opponent, Spielmann, did not see the opening; the next move set it right. He was safe, and so he stayed until the last day. Then it was found that Marshall of the U.S. had tied for fifth place; that a Ukranian, Boguljubow, had taken fourth, Saemisch of Germany third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Battle in Baden-Baden | 5/25/1925 | See Source »

...Tokyo went Marshal Martial Merlin, French Governor General of Indo-China. Said the Marshal upon arrival: "I do not doubt that we will be able to lay the foundations of future accords which will be profitable to both France and Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: French Friendship | 5/26/1924 | See Source »

...Others who have accepted the invitation of the Harvard Debating Council to sit on the platform are Consul General Edwin G. Gray of Great Britain, Acting Consul Charles F. Fiamand of France, Mr. George Wigglesworth '74, president of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, and President L. H. Merlin of Boston University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUSE CROWDED FOR DEBATE SYMPHONY | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

Special invitations to the debate have been extended to sixteen notable persons who are: President Eliot, President Lowell, Dean Greenough, Dean Pound of the Law School, Governor Cox, Mayor Curly of Boston, Senator Lodge, Ex-Governor McCall, Mr. George Wiggles-worth '74, President Merlin of Boston University, President Stratton of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, British Consulate-General T. P. Porter, French Consul J. C. Flamand, Mr. Howard Coonely '99, President of the Boston Chamber of commerce, Dean Briggs, and Chief Justice Ruggles of the Massachusetts Supreme Court...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREE MEN CHOSEN FOR OXFORD DEBATE | 10/3/1923 | See Source »

...Merlin McFarland Taylor, of Mountain Lakes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY BOARDS AWARD 151 DEGREES | 3/1/1923 | See Source »

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