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Dates: during 1940-1949
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It all started when a harassed freshman fied his Yard room to study for an impending final, while his bon vivant roommate held a brief but boisterous testimonial to the temporary end of his own exams.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Midnight Derby Lands Yard Police One Naked Freshman | 6/7/1949 | See Source »

Feeling at length the effects of fatigue, he determined to stretch out in a friend's room for the night rather than face the beery atmosphere of his own domicile. But upon emerging from a shower, he discovered that his traitorous friend had relieved him of all clothing. He had...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Midnight Derby Lands Yard Police One Naked Freshman | 6/7/1949 | See Source »

Self-Interest. In London, after a 22-month manhunt for Escaped Murderer James Edward Allen, Scotland Yard men spotted him in front of a police station, reading his own "Wanted" notice.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 6, 1949 | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

GOETHE'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: POETRY AND TRUTH FROM MY OWN LIFE (700 pp.)-Translated by R. O. Moon-Public Affairs Press ($5).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Man on a Winged Horse | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

In three new books, non-pilgrims will have a chance to enjoy a less Olympian portrait. In Goethe: The Story of a Man, admirer Ludwig Lewisohn has assembled two enormous volumes of Goethiana, including letters, table talk, memoirs, extracts from Goethe's writings. In Goethe's World, Journalist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Man on a Winged Horse | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

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