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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Emma, bred off the Cape Verde Islands, was first reported by ships on Sept. 11. She was then 800 miles east of the Antilles and traveling toward the U.S. at the rate of 20 m.p.h. From then on, diligent U.S. hurricane-hunters kept track of her every movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: Two-Punch Emma | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

...rate this valiant band of pilgrims was traveling, it was estimated that they would reach Cambridge no earlier than 5 o'clock this afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Green Terrorist Strikes Fear in Hub Chiropodist | 9/27/1947 | See Source »

After 1935, Harvard teams began the long climb up the ladder, Not always contenders for first-rate billing until the great team of 1941, the big football revues always gave Harlow credit for "well-drilled teams," capable of dark-horsing a way to the top-given breaks and a spark. In 1941, the powder barrel went off, and behind All-American Center Chub Peabody, the team made up in defense what it lacked in offense, catapulting the Crimson into the big time. Dreams of a football renaissance in Soldiers Field ended, however, with Pearl Harbor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prospectus, 1947 | 9/27/1947 | See Source »

...number of Indoor Athletic Building residents dipped to about 120 last night as Associate Dean Robert B. Watson '37 reported that accommodations for the men living there are being found in the College at the rate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gym Inhabitants Depart as Houses Come to Rescue | 9/26/1947 | See Source »

...present rate of decline in student interest persists, Spear foresaw the possibility that lettermen will have to lead their own cheers, in addition to pursuing their activities on the field of honor. At worst, local heroes maybe forced to carry themselves from the field, a difficult task, or resort to old-fashioned walking, a most mundane method of egress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Megaphone Trumpets For Tyro Cheerleaders | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

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