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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mahon could only hope that his final figure sensibly measured the distance between the two extremes. He and his committee had talked it over for eleven weeks with the nation's top military people: the past & present Secretaries of Defense, the three Secretaries and their chiefs of staff. The military agreed that if war immediately threatened, the bill should be at least $50 billion, not $15 billion. Said Mahon: "These men did not predict an early outbreak of war, but they agreed that some unpredictable development might throw us suddenly into conflict . . . This, however, was not anticipated . . . No military...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Too Little or Too Much? | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

Love has been drilling his three boats in the refinements of racing this past week. Much of the emphasis has been on starts. Crews start with a half slide and then, immediately launch into a high stroke. All this takes practice--especially for freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: General Optimism Shrouds '52 Crew Opener | 4/23/1949 | See Source »

History boasts some of the finest lecturers in the College. Morison is the closest thing the department has to a romantic historian. Nobody in History is capable of writing historical fiction of the equivocal past but the men in the department don't reduce history to a recital of dates and kings enlivened occasionally by the adventures of the kings' mistresses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History . . . | 4/23/1949 | See Source »

Piddling pedallers will have little chance to rank with the winners, if past races are any indications. Some cyclists have been practicing steadily, and Alexander K. Rupp '52 rode the course in 24 minutes yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rewards at Wellesley Lure 45 Bicycle Racers Tomorrow | 4/23/1949 | See Source »

...varsity, which only Wednesday had swept past BU by the same score, won every one of the nine matches in straight sets and in the process took 10 of the 18 sets by six-love scores. In fact, BC was only able to capture 17 out of the afternoon's 125 games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis Team Downs BC, 9-0 Without Dropping any Sets | 4/23/1949 | See Source »

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