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Robert J. Blinken '50, editor of the Red Book, requested last night that class members be prompt in returning the blanks. Members of the class who are living in Houses can pick up their copies of the poll in the Union of in Matthews 40 today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '50 Red Book Poll Asks Opinions on Women, Politics | 3/20/1947 | See Source »

...Denver, a prospective buyer was offered prompt delivery of either a Kaiser or Frazer in a choice of four colors, along with a spare tire, a box of tools, a tankful of gas, and a radiator full of anti-freeze thrown in. In Seattle, a buyer could walk into a showroom and take his pick of 16 cars. In Dallas, salesmen were offering delivery in five hours; the delay was only for servicing, registration, etc. And in Los Angeles, where plans for a K-F assembly line have been shelved, one dealer anxiously asked an impatient customer: "Well, would half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Drive Them off the Floor | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

...intelligence from Cuba stung one U.S. agency into prompt action. The U.S. Bureau of Narcotics notified the Cuban Government that while Luciano was on the loose no more narcotics for medical use would be sent to Cuba; Lucky might get them and peddle them. Cuba's new Interior Minister Alfredo Pequeno got the point. He called in burly Benito Herrera, chief of the secret police, and told him to go get Lucky. At week's end Lucky Luciano, no war hero at all, was locked up and had an ultimatum: go back to Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Hoodlum on the Wing | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

...does remain that prompt publicity and recommendations on thefts whose seriousness was apparent so long ago as February might conceivably have forestalled Parkhurst's streak. Meanwhile, noting down of serial numbers is even now no mere locking of the barn, since no cessation of sneak thievery is contemplated by the Yard cops. Possibly, in view of this fact, authorities enamoured of Harvard's exercise of autonomous control of her affairs, and frightened of the glare headline, will not attempt to win their battle while losing the students' campaign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pride and Pragmatism | 1/15/1947 | See Source »

Latest among AVC proposed aids to the student-veteran is a plan calling for the Veterans Administration to adopt a new decentralized system, similar to the Army's payroll setup which would bring about more prompt payment of subsistence allowances. Chat Patterson. AVC national legislative representative. has recommended that a qualified disbursing officer be appointed to make payments of allowances directly to student-veterans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AVC Will Choose State Convention Members Tonight | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

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