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...Governor Dennis J. Roberts signed a proclamation gratefully accepting 14,000 cherry-tree seeds from the Japanese government in commemoration of Rhode Islander Oliver Hazard Perry's historic trip to Japan 100 years ago. Then the embarrassed Statehouse was briefed on a few facts that every schoolboy should know: 1) Oliver, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie, was already dead 100 years ago; 2) his brother, Commodore Matthew Perry, made the historic trip! 3) Matthew went ashore on July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Americana | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

...Yardling squash team, led by Captain Pete Milton, travels to Exeter this afternoon to take on one of the best schoolboy teams in the East...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ufford Rated Underdog In National Squash Test | 2/21/1953 | See Source »

Morocco. "I spent five years in Morocco from 1941-1945 . . . President Roosevelt came to the Casablanca conference in January 1943, and with the recklessness of a schoolboy told the Sultan he should assert his independence of the French . . . This was like throwing a Roman candle into a barrel of gasoline." Childs's recommendation: the U.S. should abandon its "Alice in Wonderland policy," which is undermining the French administration. Instead, the U.S. should promote "greater liberty for the Moroccans, within the framework of the French Union, without inciting the Moroccans to open rebellion, which has only been to the advantage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: One Diplomat's View | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

...important issue, because there is a lot of interest in the city of Boston that the Arena be kept for schoolboy hockey and other sports," State Senator Philip G. Bowker said last night. Bowker is chairman of the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs, which will consider the bills at 10 a.m. today in Room 207 of the State House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Committee to See Two Bills Urging Arena Purchase | 2/11/1953 | See Source »

...collect the award, Donlan does not have to participate in varsity athletics, but as a schoolboy he has been a standout in football, baseball, and hockey. As a student Donlan has maintained an average of 93-1, and has never been off the honor role...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.C. High Aee Billy Donlan Gets Top Scholarship Offer | 2/10/1953 | See Source »

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