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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Between defense hearings and a two-day debate on housing (which got nowhere), Congress got some minor work done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Congress' Week, Apr. 26, 1948, Apr. 26, 1948 | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

Among the actors, Robert Cipes, Fritz Lamont, and Jeanne Melchior, are the most believable, probably in part because their comparatively minor roles are comparatively devoid of pronunciamentos. That most of the others are talented was evident last night at scattered intervals. The Dramatic Club should take more care not to submerge such abilities, as well as those of John Holabird and Emory Niles, who respectively accomplished the reasonably attractive sets and lighting, under such an unfortunately, chosen play as "The Survivors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 4/20/1948 | See Source »

YOUR OTHERWISE FINE ARTICLE ANENT THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES 20TH ANNUAL AWARDS [TIME, MARCH 29] WAS MARRED BY THE PHRASE "MINOR PRIZES." PLEASE BE ASSURED THAT ALL ACADEMY AWARDS ARE EQUAL IN IMPORTANCE AND THE ACADEMY DEPLORES THE TENDENCY TO DIFFERENTIATE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 19, 1948 | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

...cynomolgi) is like the parasite that causes most human malaria (Plasmodlum vivax"). He found a mental patient who was about to be given malaria anyway for treatment of general paralysis. The patient and his wife agreed that doctors could take out a small piece of his liver by a minor operation, seven days after he had been bitten by infected mosquitoes. At 5 o'clock one morning Dr. Shortt got the sliver of liver, rushed to his laboratory and worked until 11 that night. Sure enough, he found the incubating malaria parasites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Hiding Place | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

...system would be made fairer by dropping the requirement that a man compete against Yale for his "H," and letting the coaches decide. Captains of minor sports squads deserve major letters --which the authorities have in special cases acknowledged. Finally, as a measure to improve the quality of minor sports teams, squads having excellent but not perfect records should receive major letters. Such flexibility in the awarding of the "H" would go a long way towards reducing the number of unfair cases that now exist through sheer tradition and bureaucracy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Major & the Minor | 4/15/1948 | See Source »

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