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Citation ran like a railroad train. When Jockey Eddie Arcaro pushed the throttle, Citation, who runs with great economy, came whistling down the stretch, using just enough steam to stay two lengths ahead of his nearest rival, Phalanx, and pick up $75,600. It put him just behind Stymie ($911,335), the biggest money-winning horse of all time. Citation's total...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Forlorn Hope | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

Police whistled and waved, traffic piled up, City Manager John P. Atkinson vaulted gracefully to the roof of the nearest building--and all for the Harvard Automobile Company's new Nash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Raid Turns to Hoopla | 10/23/1948 | See Source »

Harvard's nearest approach to a homecoming weekend explodes tonight with a torchlight pre-Dartmouth parade and rally scheduled for 7:15 p.m. outside University Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rally Torches Flare for Varsity's 'Homecoming' | 10/22/1948 | See Source »

...Jamieson, in Paris last week on a Guggenheim Fellowship to study European masters, the news hit the spot. "I planned on going to an art exhibition with my wife this afternoon," he said when he was asked about it, "but now I guess we'll go to the nearest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: You Can't Lose | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

...weeks ago Chávez, who is head of the government's Institute of Fine Arts and the nearest thing to a government music boss, started rehearsals for a special "little" opera season. His foes said he was doing it to boost his own ego; he was trying to undermine the regular opera season ; whatever he did would be bad. Then, suddenly, Chávez' orchestra struck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: National Emergency | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

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