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While others were rambling around sunnier climes running after, netting, and stroking sundry round objects, a faithful few of Tom Bolles' devotees--probably not more than a hundred--spent their vacation week churning up the Charles in what be-stopwatched observers thought was quite satisfactory fashion.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Timers Quiet as Oars Keep Home Waters Churning | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

To newcomers, Benjamin Franklin Stapleton, 73, seems one of the most ineffectual old men in the rambling, shady-city of Denver. He dreads change. He falls asleep at public meetings, mumbles in monosyllables and exudes a little less social warmth than Marley's ghost. He does not smoke or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: Interminable Ben | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Before the race, the Russians had been briefed on the peculiar French starting technique. Because undisciplined French athletes cannot be made to line up quietly, the ideal French starter is one who can surprise his runners while they are all bending down to tie shoelaces. The pudgy little starter at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Ill Will | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Outside, it was bone cold. Inside, big stoves were stoked red-hot to warm the 800 dancers who whirled over the floor of Loebel's Volksgaststatte, a rambling stucco dance hall and restaurant in Berlin's British zone.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Costly Clothing | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

Charles threw himself into a reform movement which overturned the city's ancient and corrupt political machine. Robert, after a gentleman's administration of Cincinnati had been established, aligned himself with the regular G.O.P. He and Martha remodeled a rambling house on Indian Hill. He promoted the Cincinnati...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Age of Taft | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

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