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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ambassador Lewis Douglas was back in London after the dollar talks, minus the patch he has worn over his left eye since it was snagged by a wind-blown salmon hook last April. He paused on the front stoop of the U.S. embassy in Grosvenor Square to exchange grave greetings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Hard Way | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

The absence of Harold Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania, who has been in London, was getting to be a campus issue. "Where's Dr. Stassen?" cried the undergraduate Daily Pennsylvanian. "This question has been asked more by the incoming freshman class than the directions to College Hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Hard Way | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

"Nobody seems to know yet how television is going to affect the radio, movies, love, housekeeping, or the church," mused Edgar Bergen, "but it has definitely revived vaudeville. I wish there would be a guardian over vaudeville this time to.prevent the same people from killing it who killed it before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Hard Way | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

It was fine that Joe, the most popular player alive, was having his "day." To the 69,551 in Yankee Stadium, it was even better that he was back in the lineup. The Yankees, who had held onto first place since the very first day of the season despite 70...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fantastic Finish | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

Dodger Day. Exactly 36 minutes later in Philadelphia's Shibe Park, the Dodgers hauled in the National League pennant with a 9-7 ten-inning victory over the Phillies. In the final week, they had gone to the top of the league (after six weeks in second place) by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fantastic Finish | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

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