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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...typical command, of which the drum will hold 4000 in sequence, might read: "select the Number in A-1 and add to it the Number in B-2 and put the sum in C-3." Such a command can be given and the work accomplished by the computing section of the machine every four thousandth of a second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Unveils Mark III Calculator; Machine, New, Faster, Goes to Navy | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...Tishomingo Blues" is a slow number for a smooth Davison-Archey coup; "Sensation" a quickstep for Baby Dodds' imaginative drums. Those who like Chippie Hill's brash singing will clap their hands for joy when they play "Baby Won't You Please Come Home," for the venerable lady appears here for one side...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey jr., | Title: JAZZ | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...give the headquarters address in the interior (of Spain) for obvious reasons," the Union has reported . . . "We cannot give number of members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NSA Discloses Student Life Abroad | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...concentrated towards two main goals; to help our comrades of the interior of Spain whose directions we follow and leadership accept, and, to capacitate the emigrated youth who are meant to be an important democratic force in the future of Spain, for in our country, only a very restricted number of students have access to the present Universities, and the instruction they receive is limited, cautious, had totalitarian...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NSA Discloses Student Life Abroad | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...Confy Guide, the CRIMSON does wish to point out a great many polls are thrown out each year because they represent insufficient sampling. "There's not enough on this guy to write about" is a common occurrance while compiling the Guide; praise or vilification, recurring in a number of polls, is the basis for the CRIMSON's judgment. A more complete polling would undoubtedly produce more accurate estimates; under the present system, each evaluation is as faithful as the information permits...

Author: By Parker Hayden, | Title: ON THE SHELF | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

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