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...part, 'we extend our sincere sympathy to the harassed referee, who never is allowed to know what the exact rules are. They change so rapidly and extensively, and are so involved when finally evolved, that we often wonder how games are ever finished without more mistakes. The salient fact of the mistakes on Saturday is not that they would not have changed the outcome of the games in the case of reversed decisions, but that an eternal squabble may be the result if such errors happen in a close contest. --BY TIME...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/28/1933 | See Source »

Inquiry at the Harvard Student Employment Office reveals that drawing comparisons between the results effected by this office and that at Yale necessitates the recognition of salient differences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Statistics From Employment Bureau Show Harvard Office Secures Jobs With Greater Total Earning Powers Than Yale | 1/23/1933 | See Source »

...second salient factory in the spirited enthusiasm in football is the fact that it has never come under the finger of suspicion. Never have we heard of a college football game being "in the bag." The sport will ever remain popular just so long as the rules committee forces the employment of officials that are interested enough in the game and will do nothing to detract from its popularity by a questionable decision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Same Sweater Worn By Morris at Football Contests Since First Game as Announcer--Former Member of State Senate | 11/18/1932 | See Source »

Last week Postal's parent, International Telephone & Telegraph, made its 1931 report. Salient points: 1) Net income: $7,654,000 against $13,750,000. 2) Telephones in the system provided 59% of the gross revenue, increased from 688,000 to 769,000. Of the gain 50,000 was from acquisition of the Rumanian system. 3) I. T. & T.'s telephone business is distributed as follows: South America, 534%, Asia, 3.2%, Europe, 27.9%, North America (Mexico) 7.8%, West Indies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Deals & Developments | 5/23/1932 | See Source »

Miners and textile workers cut all telephone wires and cables out of Manresa, then seized thousands of pounds of dynamite from the Iberian Potash Works. Up and down the valley spread the revolution. Soviet flags went up over Berga, Alto, Gironella, Puigreig, Salient, Cardona. Excited crowds rallied to Leon Trotsky's old slogan: "EUROPE IS BURNING AT BOTH ENDS!!" Rich farmers and mill owners were kidnapped. Peasants were threatened with death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Burning at Both Ends | 2/1/1932 | See Source »

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