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...hand. I finally got a seat in the men's room of a Pullman car. Arriving at Springfield, Mo. ... I once again held a reservation for an upper berth, but was informed very pleasantly by the conductor that the people in Kansas City had had a slight mix-up and that John Q. Civilian was once again in my berth. I rode once again upon a collapsing suitcase into Atlanta, and decided to take a chance on reporting a day late, and get some sleep, which I did in a fine hotel there. Having previously made arrangements for Pullman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 2, 1943 | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

Despite 2 broken wrists that he incurred in a mix-up under the basket in scrimmage two weeks ago, Mike Keene, center and captain of the '45 basketball team, has showed up for practice with his wrist solidly ensconced in a plaster cast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Keene Plays with Wrist in Cast; Fansler Goes Foward | 12/3/1942 | See Source »

...TIME's apologies to Messrs. Bennett and Bennet for a picture mix-up which was corrected after a small part of the issue had been printed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 13, 1942 | 7/13/1942 | See Source »

...long to make good in the mining game; one of the best geologists in the West, and when the War broke out he was earning big money. He enlisted as a private in one of the first engineering regiments going over. Was made a sergeant, got in the mix-up at Cambrai. He says for an hour they had rail connections to Berlin, having connected their track to the German track in their advance. Assigned as Master Engineer, instructor in our line of work and now is first lieutenant. They had to drag him into an officer's uniform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 30, 1942 | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

...Junior Election for the Album Committee, originally scheduled to start today, has been postponed indefinitely because the future of the Album is still uncertain due to the acceleration program and the resulting mix-up in classes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BALLOTING BEGINS FOR SENIOR POSTS | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

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