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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Latinos applauded, but only Peru's Victor Andrés Belaunde and two Nicaraguans shook the Secretary's hand. Everybody was a little stunned at Marshall's plain no on the question of U.S. economic aid. Said a Brazilian next morning: "For me, the conference ended yesterday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEMISPHERE: Ninth in Bogot | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

Just before dawn in Peiping's model prison a policewoman called to Yoshiko Kawashima through the barred opening of her cell. But Yoshiko slept soundly. Her cell mate, Mrs. Li, a middle-aged opium smuggler, shook her. Said Mrs. Li in great compassion: "Get up, foolish-elder brother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Foolish Elder Brother | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

...yard freestyle: Won by Irwin (Rutgers); second, Broadbent (Yale); third, Hill (Cornell); fourth, Kanakanui (Navy); fifth, Shook (Yale); sixth, Leonard (M.I.T.), Winning time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eli Swimmers Dominate First Day Of EISL Competition at Blockhouse | 3/20/1948 | See Source »

...brief hope last week from the arrival of the storks. Each year the birds winter in Africa; it is a good omen when they stop in Palestine on their return to Europe in the spring. But this year, instead of staying several days, they left quickly. Arabs and Jews shook their heads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PALESTINE: Even More Disrupted | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

...minute. The friends & alumni of Notre Dame perked up. Suddenly N.Y.U. found itself surrounded by fighting Irish, who swiped the ball, intercepted passes, and used their elbows. It took a while for N.Y.U. to realize that it would have to mix too, and the delay was costly. A roar shook the house as Notre Dame took the lead, lost it, then edged out in front again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Upset in the Garden | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

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