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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...feet, will be Bill Hickey and Jerry Murphy at forwards, John Stevenson at center, and Bill Borah and Alden Davis at guards. Coach Lloyd Harper intends, however, to use all of his 12-man traveling squad, because, as he said yesterday, "The boys are not in too good shape yet, since we've had only one week of hard practice. I want to give each boy a chance to show what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Basketball Season Opens Against Cubs | 12/4/1948 | See Source »

...August's windows have just taken shape. No flash or luxury items this year; gadgets, leather cases, etc. are out. Practical wearing apparel is featured in this citadel of tradition, but a new line of ties has sneaked in somehow, and is expected to be successful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas Spirit Catches Square; Merchants Finish Holiday Trim Job | 12/3/1948 | See Source »

...they were awash in seas of indifference. Pre-game rallies, a kind of Nürnberg spectacle on many campuses, usually proved duds at Harvard. Only once a year did the mask of indifference drop-the weekend that Harvard met Yale. Then past Crimson heroes, old and out-of-shape, revisited Cambridge to talk do-or-die. This year, Harvard had imported Art Valpey (formerly one of Fritz Crisler's aides at Michigan), and the old order changed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big One | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

...Agatha finds, has changed; he is principally concerned with pleasing trustees and avoiding trouble. She has brought trouble along with her, in the shape of an anti-war propaganda film that the trustees refuse to have shown. Egged on by a cocky LIFE photographer (Sam Wanamaker) who is also in love with her, Agatha bludgeons-in fact, blackmails-her fiance into letting the film be shown. He wins out over the trustees, but for all that, loses the lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 29, 1948 | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

...Ulen is taking nothing for granted, however. Crucial contests loom with Yale, Army, Dartmouth, and Princeton, and he is working as hard and fast as possible to pull the squad into top shape. The familiar names of Chuck Hoelzer, Tommy Woods, Larry Ward, and Joe Fox highlight the possible lineup for the 300-yd. medley relay. But there is more depth in the relays this season than could be mustered last year, and Norm Watkins, Paul Killoran, and Jim Mac-Vicar are also possibilities in the freestyle division of the relays...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Varsity Swimmers, Stronger than Ever, Striving for Perfect Season | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

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