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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...come before the United Nations with a seemingly insoluble problem, with diametrically opposed viewpoints, and consent to arbitrate their differences. A speech by the Indian delegate charging Moslem aggression, a five and a half hour talkathen by the Pakistan Foreign Minister Mohammaz Zafrullah Khan indicting India for "genocide," a quick vote and the discussion moved into the offices of M. van Langenhowe, Chairman of the Security Council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Meeting of Minds | 1/20/1948 | See Source »

Pankey, aggressive like the flu virus, and Skinner, inexperienced but good when he is on, have been like adrenalin to the rangy quintet. Slow hoofed Gabler has set fire to fast-break plays by his quick deceptive passing...

Author: By Rubrio J. Shortshot, | Title: Lining Them Up | 1/20/1948 | See Source »

What does the crystal ball hold for the optimistic Freshmen? The two easy openers with Tabor Academy and Penn Character raise the spring curtain on an Exeter home-and-home series. Andover, Brown, Dartmouth, Northeastern, and Yale in quick doses...

Author: By Rubrio J. Shortshot, | Title: Lining Them Up | 1/20/1948 | See Source »

...stations all over the world. In 1919, Norway's Vilhelm Bjerknes and his son Jakob (now head of the Department of Meteorology at U.C.L.A.) hoisted forecasting into a third dimension and a new perspective with their analyses of air masses. U.S. airlines and other private concerns were quick to adopt the Norwegian techniques, but the Weather Bureau didn't get around to using them for more than a decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Dishonored Prophets | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

...fall. Tiring frequently after walking a few yards, and limited to rice and fruit juice for subsistence. Dick Harlow has reinforced skill with doggedness ingenuity with courage. After two years, he has been forced to give up the battle. He cakes with him a multitude of wishes for a quick recovery of his health. He leaves behind him thirteen years of distinguished service to Harvard-athletics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dick Harlow | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

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