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...nearer he gets to the end of his term, the harder it seems for Harry Truman to keep from thumping his presidential chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: They Can't Tell Harry | 6/30/1952 | See Source »

When detectives asked Wright why he had gone back to crime, he shrugged and said: "You fellows know the questions, so you ought to know the answers." The truth was that neither the detectives nor the neurosurgeons were any nearer to knowing what makes an incurable thief, let alone how to cure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: It Didn't Work | 6/30/1952 | See Source »

...Union for the unclubbed. No one was satisfied with the arrangements, least of all those who had to eat Union fod. The CRIMSON announced a $50 prize to the best essay on how to alleviate the situation. The prize winner suggested a University dining room on the oGld Coast, nearer the dorms than Mem Hall. It also suggested that the clubs be allowed to reserve tables. This suggestion was immediately approved by President Lowell, and the Corporation voted the necessary funds. At the last minute, however, student apathy forced the University to abandon the plan and the eating problem...

Author: By Michael Maccory, | Title: Athletic Rift with Nassau Marked Last Year for '27 | 6/18/1952 | See Source »

Telecasts of college football games moved one step nearer obscurity Tuesday with the announcement of an N.C.C.A. plan which would prohibit more than one video appearance per season for each school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA Ponders Limited Football Telecasts; Crimson Unaffected | 6/5/1952 | See Source »

Friday philharmonic, Lily prize winning piece, attempts to penetrate the thoughts of an old dowager. However, I could never see Miss Emmet's main character as an old woman: rather her emotions are always too youthful. The physical description of the woman seems to frame a personality nearer Miss Emmet's age. Besides this, the plot itself is too loose and rambling...

Author: By Michael Maccory, | Title: The Advocate | 5/29/1952 | See Source »

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