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Bruce Barton, advertising tycoon, onetime G.O.P. Congressman, ranged himself alongside the Sheriff of Nottingham. In a speech before some 370 be-orchided New Jersey socialites, he found a new name for Franklin Roosevelt. Said he: the New Deal's "morals have never risen above the level of Robin Hood, who defended his thefts from the rich on the ground that he gave to the poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Troubled | 5/15/1944 | See Source »

Nearly 50 people gathered in the Lowell House Junior Common Room to see Ellis Kaplan '46 and Robin Worthington '47, of the Harvard Debating Council, attacking the fourth term, defeated by T. Lawrence Tolan and Steven Comiskey of Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON, ELI DEBATERS SPLIT IN CONTESTS ON FOURTH TERM | 4/25/1944 | See Source »

Born in Budapest, George Szell grew up an infant prodigy, made his debut as a pianist and composer at the age of ten with the Vienna Symphony. He rose to be chief maestro of the pre-Hitler Berlin Opera. This summer he will conduct at Philadelphia's Robin Hood Dell, Chicago's Ravinia Park and the Hollywood Bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Fishbergs and Borodkins | 4/17/1944 | See Source »

...decision of the judges, a team from the Harvard Debating Council last night triumphed over a two-man squad from Clark University in Worcester. The Crimson debaters, Robin Worthington '47 and W. Browster Kopp'47, who replaced Eills Kaplan '46, defended the negative in the question "Resloved. That the federal government supervise and support public education under the college level...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Debaters Win From Clark Delegation | 4/14/1944 | See Source »

...debating squad from Clark University will meet a two-man team consisting of Ellis Kaplan '46 and Robin Worthington '47, from the Harvard Debating Council on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The Crimson debaters will defend the negative in the question: "Resolved, That the federal government supervise and support public education below the college level." The debate will take place in the Lowell House Janitor Common Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEBATERS TO FACE CLARK ON EDUCATIONAL TOPIC | 4/11/1944 | See Source »

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