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...M.I.T. delegation, the work of Doug Watson, pint-sized guard, was outstanding. Watson did an excelelnt job handling Mariaschin, and accounted for ten points of his own on offense. For the Varsity, Leo Page was top man with fifteen points, scored mostly in close. Page caged more than sixty percent of his shots...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: M.I.T. Beaten by Varsity, 56 to 33, In Quintet Debut | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

...Bright-eyed, pint-sized K. C. Wu has not made Shanghai into a model city, but as its tireless mayor he has quashed the rice black market, raised coolie living standards and, by a combination of cajoling, arguing and policing, kept labor troubles at a minimum. His Confucius-like warning to labor and capital: "When hen is dead, no eggs will come." Called "The Mandarin Mayor" by some resentful employers and union men, K. C. Wu has won the support of foreigners, one of whom recently said: "If China had more K. C. Wus, I'd know the Chinese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Honest & Able | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

...hanging behind his closet door, came up with a knitted crimson affair, and carefully knotted it between button-down collars. "Mustn't forget the other thing either," he said to no one in particular, and reaching tenderly into the towel and sheet drawer, he came up triumphantly with a pint of whiskey. He eased this into the left hand pocket of the coat with the mousy fur collar. "All set," said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/23/1946 | See Source »

...through the war the cases were secure-far more secure than the Polish Government-in-exile. As the London Government gave way to the Soviet-dominated Warsaw regime, Dr. Waclaw Babinski, precise and mustached, gave way to Dr. Alfred Fiderkiewicz, bald and pint-sized, as Polish Minister in Ottawa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: The Affair of the Absconded Art | 11/18/1946 | See Source »

...three months, pint-sized Ben Hogan had become Mr. Golf by picking up where greying, golfed-out Byron Nelson left off (TIME, Sept. 2). A good many pros are convinced that Hogan is now better than, Nelson in all departments, and at 34 he is getting cooler and tougher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Iceman Winneth | 11/18/1946 | See Source »

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