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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...doorway, flanked by Mrs. Truman (in green) and Daughter Margaret (in pale blue). Harry Truman grinned and waved happily to the 2,000-odd Jefferson Day diners.* He could well remember the dismal days last fall, when all that Democrat bigwigs wanted of him was to keep out of sight...
Arranged by alumnus Jack Desha '12, manager of the team, the afternoon's sight-seeing will be highlighted by a tour of the University's libraries, museums and other points of interest. The visit comes at the end of the Hawaiians' Boston stay...
...secretive, more intent on being "let alone." Although he was seldom seen, he led a life of incredible activity. He read aloud to Homer, sometimes sketched buildings "all in red" which Homer had seen in visions, saved tons & tons of newspapers for Homer to read when he regained his sight. After midnight, Langley roamed the city, pulling a cardboard box on the end of a long rope. He inspected garbage cans for food, begged meat scraps from a kindly butcher, sometimes walked all the way to Brooklyn to get a loaf of stale bread. On rare occasions he darted into...
...Down Brands. Thanks to his father's brewing interests, Taylor was raised in the sight & sound of industry. Fresh from McGill University, he had a whirl at running his own bus service, then spent seven years with an Ottawa firm learning the investment business. Named a director of his father's Brading Breweries in Ottawa, he picked up other Ontario breweries, formed the Brewing Corp. of Canada. As president and general manager, he whittled 90 brands down to nine, and formed the Brewing Corp. of America to sell his beer...
...same year. McCormack won the gold medal at the National Irish Music Festival (Feis Ceoil) in 1902. Joyce, almost set to win it in 1904, refused to sing from sight a song he didn't know, stalked off the platform. His emotionally charged speaking voice can be heard in a recording (retailing at $11 a disc) of "Anna Livia Plurabelle" from Finnegans Wake...