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...world's 18.1 balkline championship home from Paris. Now 57, greying William Frederick Hoppe is not only the last of the sport giants, but goes right on being one. In only one respect has he slowed down: he no longer jogs around Manhattan's Central Park reservoir to keep in trim; he walks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Geometric Giant | 12/18/1944 | See Source »

They stated the grounds for their fears. To guarantee the nation's future security the Army plans a large standing army (TIME, Oct. 9, Nov. 20), supplemented by an annual crop of some half a million trainees and a reservoir of ex-trainees, but in the federal setup there was no visible place for the Guard; the President had indicated his doubts that the Guard could be used in the training program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - Loud Dissent | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

...dyed member of a school of fish. One of his findings: a given water molecule, after drinking, usually stays in the human body about 13 days. For example, in urination, an individual expels not the liquid last drunk but the older accumulations in his body's reservoir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Nobel Winners | 11/20/1944 | See Source »

...term stay here Government 10b, British Government, 15, International Organization, and 8a, Comparative Government, has conducted studies recently for several European governments on the practical possibilities of labor power as reparation after the war, and states that Russia particularly in her demand for manpower will find Germany a vast reservoir...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Finer Advocates Thorough Demilitarizing in Germany | 8/29/1944 | See Source »

...America. Too many friendly (if bad) governments were being replaced by military cliques that looked to Argentine for leadership. But the delay in recognizing Gualberto Villarroel's military clique long after it had turned its back on Argentine accomplished nothing but a notable further drain on the sinking reservoir of good will south of the Rio Grande...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: At Last | 7/3/1944 | See Source »

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