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...leaning against one of her bulwarks, out of sight of the bridge. Even in the small world of the ship, he was a minor figure; he was the ship's carpenter. But 30 seconds later, Tomas Montanez was a new, superior and infinitely precious being. He had fallen overboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORT: Man Overboard | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

...Cossacks as we can get; when we sing the Jewish chant Eli Eli, we're as close to being Jews with their whole history of oppression and religious faith as is possible for us." Sometimes the harmony gets too close, and de Paur admits it. "I may go overboard a bit. Lord knows I deplore that homogenized effect as much as anybody-but I just can't resist a pretty chord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Beware of Pretty Chords | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

Faced with a barrage of student and faculty disapproval, Harvard Theatre Workshop last night tossed "Hamlet" overboard and renewed its search for a spring production...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Workshop Deserts 'Hamlet' After Storm of Disapproval | 1/7/1948 | See Source »

...late the men of the Dom Miguel, Rosa Faustina, Salvador and Maria Manuel realized it. Weighed down in their heavy rubber boots, with the waves crashing over them, they tried to haul in their nets. But the nets wrapped themselves around the rudders. Men were swept overboard. The boats drifted about helplessly, within sight of shore. In hundreds of cottages along the coast, people cried out in distress. Women huddled in shawls ran down to the sea. Hours later, the first bodies were washed ashore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: Storm | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

Eaton, in attacking U.S. friends of Moscow, goes overboard in criticism of those Americans who remember with gratitude Russia's wartime sacrifices. "The war is over," says Eaton, "we owe nothing to Russia today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IDEOLOGIES: How to Help Moscow | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

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