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...these people. He is good at making-believe, as is shown by the fact that he has written some very good plays, which is only making believe according to the rules made by grownups, who make rules about everything. Now he has written some verses for his friend, Christopher Robin, by name. It is sometimes hard to decide who is supposed to be saying the verses-the Author, or Christopher, or Murse, or Hoo. It is probably Hoo, a mysterious person much like a brownie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: When We Were Very Young* | 1/19/1925 | See Source »

...annual Union Chess Tournament, which starts next Monday, January 12, will be conducted on a plan different from that used in past years, it was announced yesterday. The "round-robin" system, whereby each player will play one game with every other participant in the tournament, has been adopted to replace the method of elimination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNION CHESS PLAYERS TO START | 1/7/1925 | See Source »

TIME Minneapolis, Minn. New York, N. Y. Gentlemen: I quote from TIME of Nov. 24: Who suddenly killed Cock Robin? "I did!" cried Minnesota.* "I marked him sure. I wounded him sore." Robin Red Grange, most brilliant of backs, took the field at Minneapolis with his fellow lllini and at once raced off around end for a touchdown. He started other races, but Minnesota ends crashed him, Minnesota secondary defense heaped upon him. In the second period, he was subdued. In the third, his arm hung limp, he left the field for the season. Meanwhile, Minnesota's offense plunged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 15, 1924 | 12/15/1924 | See Source »

Tonight's match may be a round robin, with the University playing the Artillery outfit as well as Yale, but at a late hour last night Captain Clark thought that this was improbable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLOISTS PLAY YALE AGAIN THIS EVENING | 12/6/1924 | See Source »

...suddenly killed Cock Robin? "I did!" cried Minnesota. "I marked him sure. I wounded him sore." Robin Red Grange, most brilliant of backs, took the field at Minneapolis with his fellow Illini and at once raced off around end for a touchdown. He started other races, but Minnesota ends crashed him, Minnesota secondary defense heaped upon him. In the second period, he was subdued. In the third, his arm hung limp, he left the field for the season. Meanwhile, Minnesota's offense plunged, pounded, plowed. Illinois sank back to third in the Conference standing. Score: Minnesota 20, Illinois...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Nov. 24, 1924 | 11/24/1924 | See Source »

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