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...Associated Press and the Harvard Athletic Association officially put the padlock on the 1947 fall sports system with final tabulations of the autumn records of Crimson teams released over the post-Thanksgiving weekend. Rating the Quakers from Pennsylvania first in the Ivy League, the AP's standings showed the Crimson in a tie with Brown for sixth place in the League with a record of one win against three losses in Ivy games...
These elevens plus the Jayvees and Freshmen paused in turn before leaving to give a rousing cheer to their comrades of the past 11 weeks. Then the managers picked up their footballs and put the padlock on Soldiers Field...
...house last week, John Deferrari gave a quick explanation of his success: "I make good use of my time. I know the other fellow's business better than he does. I'm honest too. . . ." As he talked, he sidled through the iron gate, closed it, snapped the padlock. "I've talked too much now," he concluded, and disappeared into the house...
Premier Maurice Duplessis, who hates and fears Communists, cried excitedly: "It is part of a worldwide Communist plot to disrupt democratic institutions." But the Premier, who is empowered under Quebec's Padlock Law to close any establishment in which subversive activities are being carried on, could not move against the squatters until the courts rule on whether Gagnon's squat constituted forcible entry...
...into a warmly decorated chamber with seats for 692 and perfect acoustics. Its council table held hidden microphones, its glassed-in balcony a gleaming mass of radio, motion picture and television equipment. It even had a specially built steel ballot box, equipped, against any eventuality, with a padlock...