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Refusing to relinquish the lead, the Worcester outfit continued its heads-up play which paid off in a 32 to 24 half-time margin. Bob Kuykendall, high scorer of the game with 15 points, Captain Charles Schmit, and George Fritz led the W.P.I. attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Seeks Initial Win Tonight at M.I.T. | 1/12/1945 | See Source »

...event, Anthony Eden need not be completely out. Recently he has been overwhelmed by his triple labors as Foreign Secretary, Government Leader in the House of Commons and member of the War Cabinet. He could relinquish the Foreign Office, still have a large place in the Churchill Government and in British politics. Conceivably, he might find more time to pave his way toward Mr. Churchill's place in Downing Street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Changes | 4/10/1944 | See Source »

...through the veins of the Western democracies? If they have that in mind they had better reshuffle their thinking. The antidote for that germ is in China, in her spirit and resolute opposition to Japan. She has had to give up much of her land, but she will never relinquish the principles she is fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 8, 1943 | 11/8/1943 | See Source »

...would relinquish the power (in the first plan) to veto a change in the value of the currency of any nation participating in the fund. The revised plan requires only a three-fourths vote (instead of four-fifths) to alter exchange rates, and the U.S.'s vote could not exceed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL: The U. S. Tries Again | 8/30/1943 | See Source »

...order, held up several weeks by the lack of an official OPA directive to Durant's Lehman Hall office, gives undergraduates until Monday to relinquish their books, after which time they may be refused service. Receipts for those books received will be issued by the Bursar's office, according to Durant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Durant Calls Ration Books | 3/11/1943 | See Source »

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