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...second half, the Varsity settled down after trailing, 24 to 16, at the half; the team began to work the ball into Rockwell, and with one-and-a-half minutes to go, it led, 53 to 50. During the remainder of the game, Springfield dropped in seven free throws and a field goal, with Rockwell, Stiles, and Covey fouling out in the process...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Springfield Stops Quintet, 59-55, With Late Splurge | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

...modern artillery, and small arms; the countries receiving the material would probably lump their armed services under a single command such as General Montgomery's brand-new "Uniforce," although the U. S. would retain no control as to the material's final disposition or use. The equipment cost one-and-a-half billion dollars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Arms for Europe | 5/4/1949 | See Source »

...this "liquid dispenser," which--with malice toward none--is called "The Wellesley," the cubes are placed in a metal cylinder. The cylinder fits into a healthy one-and-a-half gallon container. And around the container fits an insulated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alumnus' Gadget Puts New Zest into Zombies | 11/7/1947 | See Source »

Council members Michael Rothenberg '49 and Patrick D. Dailey '50 released their decision following a one-and-a-half hour conference with Dean Bender, Robert B. Watson '37, associate dean of the College, and Leventhal, in Dean Bender's office...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red Book Cancelled, '47-'48 Album Suspended in Student Council Move | 8/1/1947 | See Source »

...straw-hat circuit, Henry is worth every C-note of it. Horton gives a carefully turned performance as one of the most redoubtable rakes that ever jumped a garden wall. "I do not fall into the bass drum," he admits, "nor do I go up with the curtain. But everything else, I do." He simpers like a ninny, gives masterly double and triple takes (and even a few one-and-a-half takes, a Horton refinement). He waggles his square head in an idiotic semaphore of self-satisfaction, leers with lips that fit together like two nicked razor blades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Edward & Henry | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

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