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Rose Bowl. In Pasadena, 85,000 including 2,000 sombreroed Texans, watched a favored Southern Methodist attack, led by an All-America mite, Bobby Wilson, falter before Stanford's rugged defense, finally fall 7-to-0. Outstanding star was none of the four All-America players, but Quarterback Bill Paulman who scored Stanford's touchdown in the first period, intercepted four passes, kept Southern Methodist at bay with booming punts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bowls | 1/13/1936 | See Source »

...Mighty Mite...

Author: By R. W. Paul, | Title: Handicapped Crimson Eleven Will Pit Strength Against Tiger in Lair Today | 11/9/1935 | See Source »

Meantime, to add a mite to the general confusion, a grand jury indicted 27 of Philadelphia's 28 city magistrates (eleven Democrats, 16 Republicans) for improperly disposing of serious criminal cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia Primary | 9/16/1935 | See Source »

...radical tongue-wavings of the very few who apparently take sides not from any soul-deep conviction but for the notoriety of it. One might well suppose that if some of the outside alarmists were a little more exposed to any educational system they would be a mite more broad-minded when it comes to criticizing the teachings of a university as well-conceived and directed as is this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Letters, Jul. 8, 1935 | 7/8/1935 | See Source »

Widow's Mite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 1, 1935 | 7/1/1935 | See Source »

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