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...Varsity prepared for this problem by devoting most of its practice time to a lengthy defensive mock scrimmage, with the jayvees simulating the Princeton single wing attack. The emphasis was on spinners, handoffs, and flankers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Readies Defense | 11/4/1949 | See Source »

With such mock solemnity Wall Street marked the passing of Commonwealth & Southern Corp., the giant utility holding company now finally dissolved under the Holding Company Act. For years. C. & S.'s low price (generally about $5 ) and large amount of common shares outstanding (more than 33 million) had made it a volume leader on the big board and a rich source of commissions for brokers. C. & S. preferred and common stockholders will get shares in four utility companies, with a listed total of only 20 million common shares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Cause for Alarm? | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

...photographer, the Boston Post's Morris Fineberg had covered World War I, many a fire, train wreck and disaster. Last week the city desk sent 56-year-old Photographer Fineberg out on a routine job, a mock invasion of South Boston by the U.S. Marines. As he watched them land on a beach, Moe Fineberg told a friendly Globe rival, "That ought to make a good picture." Seconds later, when a projectile exploded in a nearby mortar, a flying chunk of metal hit Photographer Fineberg in the head and killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Good Picture | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

Salter insists on deliberate use of the word / as much as possible (his book is full of it). Mock modesty is all nonsense: "Express agreement when you are praised." Finally, "Don't plan. Live for the next minute . . . and tomorrow will take care of itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Do You Lack Confidence? | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...realistic mock trial was presented for first year law students last night as an experiment sponsored by the teaching fellows of the Law School. A Law School professor and a prominent Boston attorney argued the case of Starr vs. Keene before a Federal District Judge in the Langdell Court Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Awaits Results Of Term's New Curriculum | 10/7/1949 | See Source »

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